Ask HN: Chrome won't browse to site on same subnet. Safari will, ICMP works

3 points by FireBeyond a day ago

Weird one that seems to only have begun within the last few Chrome updates:

My IP: 10.78.16.20

I want to open an app at 10.78.16.30. Chrome tells me ERR_ADDRESS_UNREACHABLE.

Yet Safari can open it. ICMP, SSH works.

What gives?

Trying to search for an answer to this is painful between all the "check your network, check your modem, restart Chrome" useless answers.

cookiengineer 17 hours ago

ICMP does not use ports, so it's not working as tcp or udp would.

Check whether the target host allows incoming tcp/udp connections.

Also, because of the IP range you posted: If you are using a VPN, the client could be misconfigured. It could be that the VPN client is e.g. exposing a local SOCKS or HTTP/HTTPS proxy that Chrome ignores.

timonoko a day ago

chrome://settings/content/siteDetails?site=http%3A%2F%2F10.78.16.30

  • FireBeyond a day ago

    Sadly, even at its most permissive, the site is still ERR_ADDRESS_UNREACHABLE (which to me implies it's lower down Chrome's network stack).

    • timonoko a day ago

      If you make a Chrome bookmark pointing to the subnet address it always works.