How to connect to a website that has only IPv6 addresses without a domain name?

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If a server has only IPv6 addresses without a domain name, how can I connect to the server from my web-browser?

Eonil

Posted 2011-12-14T05:23:10.903

Reputation: 4 206

Answers

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According to RFC2732, literal IPv6 addresses should be put inside square brackets in URLs, e.g. like this:

http://[1080:0:0:0:8:800:200C:417A]/index.html

If you also need to specify a port other then 80 to access the server it has to be placed after the closing bracket:

http://[1080:0:0:0:8:800:200C:417A]:8888/index.html

Of course, you have to have end-to-end IPv6 connectivity to that host. E.g. if the server is not inside your own local network, you need to have IPv6 connectivity, either via your ISP (rare), or via some kind of IPv6 in IPv4 encapsulation (tunnel).

haimg

Posted 2011-12-14T05:23:10.903

Reputation: 19 503

3this doesn't work in google chrome if you use link local addresses (with the %eth0 suffix). – anarcat – 2015-12-08T00:56:01.047

does this work for a domain? – Jason Sebring – 2017-03-17T01:18:08.850

3If your ISP does not support IPv6, an SSH tunnel can be used to access IPv6-only websites by connecting to the IPv4 address of a VPS that also supports IPv6: ssh -fND 1080 x.x.x.x. You can then connect to the proxy localhost:1080 in your web browser. – baptx – 2019-06-14T15:26:20.167

2001:470::76:0:0:0:2 ### if you want a working link – dotbit – 2019-08-30T05:49:03.397

Put the ipv6 address into your browser address bar like you would a dns name or an IPv4 address, except enclosed in square brackets:

http://[::1]

(example with localhost)

This is supported in Chrome, Firefox, IE and probably other browsers.

Note that you need to have IPv6 working on your OS, and every device in the path to the destination (including proxy servers if you use one).

Paul

Posted 2011-12-14T05:23:10.903

Reputation: 52 173

don't forget to start a web server before testing localhost – baptx – 2019-06-14T14:43:37.977

If required to test locally with IPv6, put below AAA Record in address bar

[::1]

will be equivalent to write

localhost

or below IPv4 A (Host) Record

127.0.0.1

AKS

Posted 2011-12-14T05:23:10.903

Reputation: 131