1

I am testing on a private network and want to use Chrome to load a web page. There is no DNS access on that machine.

Chrome will not let me load the page because of something like "The server XXX can't be found, because the DNS lookup failed."

How can I stop Chrome from needing a successful DNS lookup?

I am giving it an IP address, not a name to be looked up.

Kevin Panko
  • 7,346
  • 22
  • 44
  • 53
Solx
  • 121
  • 3
  • does the page you are loading refer to any external references by url with DNS names? – Frank Thomas Jun 08 '15 at 15:15
  • In this case it is an IPv6 address, here is the link-local URL I am using: http://[fe80::4026:828e:cd9d:d4a0]/ and again that is a local address – Solx Jun 08 '15 at 15:15
  • The page is hand crafted, and quite empty, no links to anything in it, very bare bones. Note that I _can_ reach it from IE – Solx Jun 08 '15 at 15:16
  • 1
    This question is a possible duplicate of [this](http://superuser.com/questions/394562/can-i-turn-off-google-chromes-new-prerendering) question. Its now called "prefetch resources to load pages more quickly" despite the comments saying it was removed. – Ramhound Jun 08 '15 at 15:56
  • Don't specify the brackets. – LawrenceC Jun 09 '15 at 17:34

1 Answers1

0

Chrome uses DNS caching and prefetching to speed load times. Here is a question about clearing the DNS cache. You can disable the cache by opening Settings->Advanced Settings->Privacy Settings and unchecking "Predict network actions to improve page load performance."

Alternatively, you can edit your hosts file to allow the DNS lookup to succeed. On a Windows machine, edit C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts and add a line containing the IP address and hostname (192.168.1.2 myhost.mydomain.com). On a Linux or Apple machine, edit /etc/hosts, adding the same info.

Community
  • 1
ztk
  • 313
  • 2
  • 6
  • Not having any luck adding it to the hosts file, but it is an IPv6 address, so not sure of the format, I added both of these lines:\ fe80::4026:828e:cd9d:d4a0 test-ap \ [fe80::4026:828e:cd9d:d4a0] test-ap2 – Solx Jun 08 '15 at 16:15
  • There is no need to edit your `hosts` file when navigating to an IP address. This is not the cause of the problem. – Kevin Panko Jun 09 '15 at 17:24
  • Just noticed the update to the question, I'll edit this answer tonight. – ztk Jun 09 '15 at 17:51