Browsers that surf to v6 addrs

[Michael K. Smith]

On 5/7/10 6:14 PM, "Steve Bertrand" <steve at ipv6canada.com> wrote:

> On 2010.05.07 21:07, Michael K. Smith wrote:
> 
>> On 5/7/10 5:59 PM, "Steve Bertrand" <steve at ipv6canada.com> wrote:
> 
>>> 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 Perhaps my software is out of date.
> 
>> 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).
> 
> Thanks Mike...
> 
> As I said in an earlier post... the [] syntax completely slipped my mind :)
> 
> Here's what I've found (note...I *never* use IE, so it still sits at
> 6.whatever on the workstation I'm sitting at):
> 
> - lynx, had to escape the brackets:
> 
> lynx http://\[2607:f118::b6\]/
> 
> - Firefox, works across two versions of 3.x series with the suggested syntax
> 
> - IE6, not at all, and I don't have the capability to test beyond that.
> 
> Thanks for the kick everyone.
> 
> Steve

I don't think that IE6 has or will ever have v6 support.  That browser was
deprecated before v6 was a default installation in Windows.

Mike