Re: [Fwd: Re: About IPv6 private address]

["Erik Kline" <ekline@ekline.com>]

I don't seem that same behaviour in my FF 2.0.0.11 Linux browser,
fwiw.  It seems to be trying to connect.

On 2/4/08, blue <susan.lan@zyxel.com.tw> wrote:
>
>  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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