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@lemmy.ml
      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@lemmy.ml
          2·
          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