Browsers that surf to v6 addrs

[Michael K. Smith]

Hi Steve:


On 5/7/10 5:59 PM, "Steve Bertrand" <steve at ipv6canada.com> wrote:

> I have been working all day with Perl code in order to identify the
> cleanest, easiest way to make connections to numerous different
> protocols (ie. services that run on specific known ports).
> 
> There are a few that I'm going to provide the author with patches, but
> others are just too complex for me to get into with the time I have.
> 
> One thing I noticed during my testing, is that I don't have a web
> browser on my system(s) that allows me to surf directly to an IPv6
> address. I tried all manner of quoting, but still, no go.
> 
> Firefox at least attempts to go to '2607' if my url string is
> "http://2607:f118::b6", IE immediately dumps "page can not be displayed".
> 
> I even tried the v6 enabled lynx on my v6 only server, but it too fails
> miserably.
> 
> Is there a web browser that knows what a v6 address is, when processing
> it via the ``address bar''? AFAIC, this is a problem when it comes to
> troubleshooting. Perhaps my software is out of date.
> 
> Steve
> 

I think the syntax is http://[2607:f118::b6]/.  That works in Firefox but
I'm not sure about IE (sorry, I'm sitting on my mac at home).

Regards,

Mike