Why do we have to use http://

[anewbie2]

Is there a reason why we have to use http:// when accessing DA as opposed of just www.domain.com:2222 or ip.ip.ip.ip:2222.

I tried without the http:// part and it never works for me.

 

[nobaloney]

It's a browser issue. Browsers need to know what protocol to use when contacting a site.

Your browser (probably every browser) will guess "http" when there's no port number included in the URL.

But when a nonstandard port number is included in the URL the browser can't reasonably guess which protocol it should try, so it doesn't.

Talk to the people who wrote your browser; perhaps they'll be willing to change this behavior.

(But I'd be willing to bet not.)

Jeff

 

[anewbie2]

I've been using IE 6 until I read your post and decided to try something else. I downloaded Firefox and it works great.

 

[nobaloney]

I'm glad to hear that; the version of Mozilla I use (version 1.2.1) doesn't.

Perhaps I'll start using Firefox.

Jeff