IPv4 vs IPv6

I Googled "AddressFamily inet" and the first hit https://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/01/12 … s-on-ipv6/">https://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/01/12/disabling-ssh-connections-on-ipv6/ says to edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config.

So I'd check the man page or the online documentation for /etc/ssh/sshd_config and you should see details for those options or use the link above.

Oliver, are you asking which one you want to enable or disable? That depends on how you connect to your server. It sounds like you're not familiar with IPv6, so unless you're sure that your ISP uses it (most don't yet), you probably want to enable IPv4 only. If it turns our you're wrong, you can always use lish to regain access.

Hi Alex. Thanks for the reply. That is what I was wondering, yes. This is my first time setting up a server so I am a bit ignorant atm.

By ISP, do you just mean Linode in this case?

The Linode docs say > Linode provides IPv6 support in all of our data centers, and all Linodes are created with one IPv6 address. By default, IPv6 is enabled on all Linodes and the IPv6 address is acquired via Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (SLAAC). -https://www.linode.com/docs/networking/ … networking">https://www.linode.com/docs/networking/native-ipv6-networking

Is there no way of checking before I enable IPv4 only?

ISP is Internet Service Provider, the people you pay for internet in your home / office / whatever. An easy way to check would be to go to https://icanhazip.com/ . If you're on IPv6 you'll get an IP address that looks like 0000:0000::0000:0000:0000:0000. If you're on IPv4 you'll get something like 000.000.000.000.

Thank you :oops: :mrgreen: