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I have a Windows 7 machine that's running Ubuntu in a VM. The VM has an interface configured as an IPv6-only, host-only network. The network is statically set up, and all that seems to be working. Both machines can see and ping each other by IP.
I've also given the VM a couple of names in the Windows machine's hosts file, like this:
fddc:db0e:57e9:e33b::1 sitename
I can ping the VM by name, and using Firefox or IE, can even visit the sites by name. But Chrome refuses to see them. I've tried http://sitename and http://sitename., and i get nothing but a page that says "This webpage is not available", and at the bottom (after i click "More"), says "Error code: ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED".
At first glance, it looks like Chrome's totally ignoring the hosts file entry. chrome://net-internals/#dns seems to say IPv6 is enabled (the list at the top shows "Default address family: UNSPECIFIED"), but the name is listed in the DNS cache as an unresolvable IPv4 address.
(How) can i get Chrome to see the IPv6 addresses listed in my hosts file?
cHao
Posted 2014-05-19T21:46:07.963
Reputation: 642
Same problem after 2 years... – Hett – 2016-11-23T08:07:51.320
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Possible duplicate of Chrome not using hosts file for IPv6 addresses since v73
– TRiG – 2019-06-26T18:48:07.573This sounds like a bug. Have you tried another browser? – Michael Hampton – 2014-05-20T02:54:44.517
@MichaelHampton: FF and IE both work. Chrome doesn't. Haven't tried any other browsers (Opera being the only other one that comes to mind). I can use FF if need be, but....eh. – cHao – 2014-05-20T05:11:46.927