If i put say 123.123.123.123 into firefox desktop or mobile it will try to load a webpage from that host. If i put http://[ipv6] into desktop it works as well. If i do the same on mobile it sends it to my search engine as a query.

  • BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com
    2·
    1 year ago

    Because if OP was trying to access an IP v6 address from an IPv4 network that wouldn’t work. It wasn’t obvious to me where the issue lies.

    • glibg10b@lemmy.ml
      3·
      11 months ago

      I think your misunderstanding comes from the fact that “wouldn’t work” can mean a lot of things, and you didn’t know quite what it meant

      If

      1. you’re not on an IPv6 network,
      2. you enter the IPv6 address of a website into the address bar and
      3. the browser attempts to load that website (not a search engine),

      then the connection will time out:

      OP never got to step 3, which indicates a problem with the browser