ShowIP

Jeroen Massar jeroen at unfix.org
Tue Dec 1 17:14:09 CET 2009


Matt Ryanczak wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-12-01 at 10:50 -0500, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote:
>> On Tue, 1 Dec 2009, Shane Kerr wrote:
>>
>>> It shows the IP address used to connect to a sight in the lower corner
>>> of your browser. Nice for knowing how IPv6-enabled your daily browsing
>>> is.
>> It actually doesn't know, it *GUESSES* what IP will be used, and shows 
>> that one.
>>
> 
> This is still useful behavior. Having been on IPv6 for quite sometime
> now I have found this tool useful for determining why I can't connect to
> a certain website. If I see an IPv6 address in the status bar when
> loading a website fails I know what to check first...

What to check first: tracepath6 + tracepath <hostname> ....

Then apply wireshark where needed (or firebug for that matter)

Greets,
 Jeroen

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