Browsers that surf to v6 addrs

[Steve Bertrand]

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 Perhaps my software is out of date.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