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Autofulfilling web-addresses

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geirqn
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When I try to visit the URL for my router/modem (getbox.home), firefox automatically pre-fixes the adress with www (www.getbox.home). This address is not recognised by my router/modem, and I get an error-message from firefox ("Server not found"). This is espescially inconvenient when the internet-connection is down and I want to restart the router to see if this fixes the problem.

I want to avoid that firefox autofullfills webaddresses with www.

Anyone know which option I can change to fix this?

When I try to visit the URL for my router/modem (getbox.home), firefox automatically pre-fixes the adress with www (www.getbox.home). This address is not recognised by my router/modem, and I get an error-message from firefox ("Server not found"). This is espescially inconvenient when the internet-connection is down and I want to restart the router to see if this fixes the problem. I want to avoid that firefox autofullfills webaddresses with www. Anyone know which option I can change to fix this?

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There is a prefix about:config entry that you can disable, however this will disable the prefix for all sites. In order to change your Firefox Configuration please do the following steps :

  1. In the Location bar, type about:config and press Enter. The about:config "This might void your warranty!" warning page may appear.
  2. Click I'll be careful, I promise! to continue to the about:config page.
  3. Search for browser.fixup.alternate.prefix and double click on "www" and delete it.

Please post back with your results.

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geirqn
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Here's an image that shows my problem.

guigs
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Chosen Solution

There is a prefix about:config entry that you can disable, however this will disable the prefix for all sites. In order to change your Firefox Configuration please do the following steps :

  1. In the Location bar, type about:config and press Enter. The about:config "This might void your warranty!" warning page may appear.
  2. Click I'll be careful, I promise! to continue to the about:config page.
  3. Search for browser.fixup.alternate.prefix and double click on "www" and delete it.

Please post back with your results.

geirqn
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This solved the problem; I still got the error "Server not found", but this was due to unblock-us settings for the name server.

Thank you!