Description of the issue:
Browser takes a local address such as ‘router.lan’ which resolvable as either ‘router.lan’ or ‘router’ via the local name resolving as .lan is
specified as a local domain. Autocomplete fails to resolve this locally and passes it to the search engine.
This makes it difficult to reach local resources such as routers or other machines. Only their numerical address works. I suspect even a fqdn wouldn’t work as it would resolve to a different value internally to externally.
Steps to Reproduce (add as many as necessary): 1. 2. 3.
register a local domain on router
prove you can resolve it locally with ‘ping name.domain’
attempt to connect using the browser using any url
Actual Result (gifs and screenshots are welcome!):
Passes enetered name to duckduckgo
Expected result:
Connects to local resource
Reproduces how often:
100%
Operating System and Brave Version(See the About Brave page in the main menu):
Linux (debian 11) Brave V1.35.103
Untested on other OS
Additional Information:
some further information about local domains indicating .lan is a reasonable choice.
I have on the local network routers, printers, other computers, test equipment etc. Many of these have a web page. I don’t mind entering at least a local domain (the name alone is sufficient for correctly-working software such as telnet or ssh) but there needs to be a way to prevent an unwanted search.