On Mar 12, 5:41*am, orange wrote:
> I would like firefox to automatically always use ip address instead of
> url, like this:
>
> http://209.85.229.147/firefox?client...mozilla:en-US:....
>
> instead of:
>
> http://www.google.com/firefox?client...mozilla:en-US:....
>
> Is it possible? please tell me how, and don't ask me why

As someone else suggested, I'd use your host file to accomplish that.
With the understanding that as someone else pointed out if you are
connecting to an IP that hosts multiple sites via virtual hosting,
then your approach will cause you problems. Using the hosts file
won't have the IP appear in the URL address bar, but it will have
whatever you associate to that IP within your hosts file appear in the
URL address bar.

JB

but the problem is that I am forced to use http proxy, and can get
through only if IP address is typed, modifying hosts file does not
help.

On Mar 17, 10:11*am, orange wrote:
> but the problem is that I am forced to use http proxy, and can get
> through only if IP address is typed, modifying hosts file does not
> help.

That would have been good to mention up front, that you are going
through a proxy server. Because whatever we do on the local machine
may be of no value once it hits the proxy server. So the proxy server
at your location requires that you use IP addresses to navigate? You
cannot use any domain names at all? Is Firefox configured to use a
proxy, or is the network set up such that all traffic goes through the
proxy server? If only set through FF that is dealt with differently.

So are you looking for a way where you type in a URL in the address
bar but FF converts it to its IP for you and sends the IP through to
the proxy server?

If so I can't think of anything off hand. You could certainly ping
URLs of interest in order to get their IP and then punch in the IP.
But I realize that it would be tedious for you (but possibly your only
choice).

But again keeping in mind what was stated earlier. If you are trying
to visit a server at an IP that is hosting multiple sites through
virtual servers that server requires the URL to be sent through so it
can serve up the corresponding page. Trying to access the IP directly
will either return the default page on that server (which if so
configured could be an error page).

JB

On Mar 17, 6:41*pm, Fox on the run wrote:

> may be of no value once it hits the proxy server. *So the proxy server
> at your location requires that you use IP addresses to navigate? *You
> cannot use any domain names at all? *Is Firefox configured to use a
> proxy, or is the network set up such that all traffic goes through the
> proxy server? *If only set through FF that is dealt with differently.

no, I can use most domain names through proxy, but not the one I want.
all http traffic on port 80 must go through proxy. all other ports are
closed
except those <1024 (but excluding 80).

>
> So are you looking for a way where you type in a URL in the address
> bar but FF converts it to its IP for you and sends the IP through to
> the proxy server?
exactly.

>
> If so I can't think of anything off hand. *You could certainly ping
> URLs of interest in order to get their IP and then punch in the IP.
> But I realize that it would be tedious for you (but possibly your only
> choice).
that's how I found out it might be possible to bypass proxy.

> But again keeping in mind what was stated earlier. *If you are trying
> to visit a server at an IP that is hosting multiple sites through
> virtual servers that server requires the URL to be sent through so it
> can serve up the corresponding page. *Trying to access the IP directly
> will either return the default page on that server (which if so
> configured could be an error page).

that seems to be the problem with this site I want..