QGIS cannot connect to URL using IP address

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Author Name: greg ederer (greg ederer)
Original Redmine Issue: 14399
Affected QGIS version: 2.8.4
Redmine category:unknown

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If an IP address is used as the domain name in the URL, QGIS fails to connect. For example,
https://198.118.194.40/wms/getcapabilities.xml

Firefox connects and displays content and so does curl.

QGIS version 2.8.4-Wien QGIS code revision exported
Compiled against Qt 4.8.6 Running against Qt 4.8.6
Compiled against GDAL/OGR 1.11.3 Running against GDAL/OGR 1.11.3
Compiled against GEOS 3.5.0-CAPI-1.9.0 Running against GEOS 3.4.2-CAPI-1.8.2 r3921
PostgreSQL Client Version 9.4.4 SpatiaLite Version 4.3.0a
QWT Version 6.0.2 PROJ.4 Version 492
QScintilla2 Version 2.9

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Related issue(s): #22379 (relates)
Redmine related issue(s): 14398

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Author Name: Jürgen Fischer (@jef-n)

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Also not reproducable with master.

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Author Name: Jürgen Fischer (@jef-n)

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• priority_id was changed from Severe/Regression to Normal

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Author Name: Jürgen Fischer (@jef-n)

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• operating_system was changed from to OSX
• status_id was changed from Open to Feedback

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Author Name: Jukka Rahkonen (Jukka Rahkonen)

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There does not seem to be a real WMS service running at that address. If you look at the getcapabilities.xml file you will notice that it is a copy of GetCapabilities of demo.mapserver.org/cgi-bin/wms?SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.1.1&REQUEST=GetCapabilities

You can't get any better result with domain name https://ladsweb.nascom.nasa.gov/wms/
I would say that this feedback is invalid for QGIS and you should contact NASA instead and ask what they really mean to have on that page.

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Author Name: Jürgen Fischer (@jef-n)

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• resolution was changed from to invalid
• status_id was changed from Feedback to Closed

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Author Name: Jürgen Fischer (@jef-n)

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• category_id was configured as Unknown