Hi,
But after typing a link-local address, Firefox' message shows:
Unable to find "www.fe80::213:49ff:fe04:507%8.com"
It translated typed "http://[fe80::213:49ff:fe04:507%8]" to
"http://[www.fe80::213:49ff:fe04:507%8.com]/".
However, a global unique IPv6 address worked!
I thought it proved that Firefox does not support link-local address.
Thanks.
BR,
Yi-Wen
Brian E Carpenter wrote:
Yes, users need to configure our device via http, and if there's no
well-known IPv6 address, how do users know which address to connect to?
I have thought about a pre-configured link-local address; however,
browsers such as Firefox does not support link-local address. Any
suggestions?
How come Firefox (or any other browser) knows how to *not* support
link-local addresses? As far as I can tell, it does support them.
Just don't forget the [ ] brackets.
When I tell Firefox to connect to http://[fe80::1]/ it gives me
an "unable to connect" message, but that's exactly what I'd expect.
When I tell Firefox to connect to http://[fe80::21a:a0ff:fe4a:d680%5]/
(my own link-local address) it gives me a "server not found" message,
which is also exactly what I'd expect, since I'm not listening on
port 80.
Brian
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