> Does this mean I have to type in URLs like: > > http://3ffe:1900:4545:3:200:f8ff:fe21:67cf/ > > I can only image phonetically calling these off on a support call, I'd get half way through it and the other end would tell me to "forget it I'll wait until DNS is working again". > > In fact with DNS problems we'd be pretty much crippled. > > I'd use IPv6 if the addresses weren't so hard to remember. > > -Ross > Well in fact I don't think that will even work with the present URL rules. Just on a lark I clicked on your string, and my firefox interpreted it as http://3ffe:1900. Unless there's a special http protocol string for ipv6? Tony