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.

  • glibg10b
    2·
    1 year ago

    What does that have to do with anything?

    It’s only once you visit a website that it matters whether you’re on an IPv6 network. OP isn’t visiting the website at all; they’re just typing the address and being taken to their search engine

    • 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
        3·
        1 year 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