Hey Quick Mirc Question

Impy_The_Lerk · July 2003

hop u guys dont mind if i post here but,

i just got dsl (yay me)
and i cant seem to connect to mirc, i cant figure it out can somone reply on how to connect with mirc through dsl iv only connected on dial up before

so help a dsl nub out

btw ns 2.0 WOOT WOOT

-Impy

p.s. watch the show this week in Nsradio, im on a camio apperaence =)

SjN · July 2003

same as you connect with dial-up <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'>

/server irc.gamesnet.net
/join #naturalselection

Impy_The_Lerk · July 2003

no dude it doesnt work you need to set router or isp settings but it keeps putting them on default and not working

im pritty clueless and need to get on irc for some clan activites this weekend somone hook me up in a jiffy plz

thnx <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'> <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif'>

EDIT: this is what it looks like when i try to connect: </span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>CODE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='CODE'>-
-198.172.110.220- *** No ident response
-
Ping? Pong!
-
Your username is invalid.
Connect with your real username, in lowercase.
If your mail address were foo@bar.com, your username would be foo.
-
Closing Link: Impy by NuclearFallout.CA.US.GamesNET.net (USER: Bad username)
-
* Disconnected</td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>

-Impy <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/lerk.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='lerk.gif'> <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/lerk.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='lerk.gif'> (2.0 compliant lerk)

Flicker · July 2003

Make sure you have your ident server enabled, and something entered for the user ID (doesnt matter what). If your getting an error msg or some such it'd be handy to post that here as well.

coris · July 2003

IN the options dialouge under connect, you have to fill in the email adress with something that is like an email (cant describe it better <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'>)

Like : omg@hax.tbh or something similiar

Impy_The_Lerk · July 2003

this is what it repeats on the screen:
</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>CODE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='CODE'>Local host: hell-h1bnk9jttj (192.168.0.3)
-
-east.gamesnet.net- *** Looking up your hostname
-
-east.gamesnet.net- *** Checking Ident
-
-east.gamesnet.net- *** Couldn't look up your hostname
-
-east.gamesnet.net- *** No ident response
-
Ping? Pong!
-
Your username is invalid.
Connect with your real username, in lowercase.
If your mail address were foo@bar.com, your username would be foo.
-
Closing Link: Impy by Extremity.CA.US.GamesNET.net (USER: Bad username)
-
* Disconnected</td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>

the email thing didnt change anything -

and ident is enabled and i have something entered for the server id.

-

azumawarrior · July 2003

What ever your email address is, it has to be lowercase. For example.
If it was Impy_The_Lerk@SomeSite.Net
Use impy_the_lerk@somesite.net <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

Necrotic · July 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Impy_The_Lerk @ Jul 31 2003, 01:49 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Local host: hell-h1bnk9jttj (192.168.0.3)
 </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
Theres your problem, 192.168.0.3 is the local IP your router assigns your computer so it can connect to the router instead of the intrweb.
So your router is broadcasting an invalid ip, and when gamesnet trys to search that ip for your ident details it doesnt find them because its your router..not your computer.
(Forgive the repetitive nature of the above paragraph its early and I havent had any coffee yet)

Your best bet is to enable DMZ on your router.
*****WARNING*****
Enabling DMZ opens your computer directly to the internet, and if you have a static IP address that means that if anybody did somehow want to hack you it would be _exceptionally_ easy. Software firewalls are also not an option as they block the incoming/outgoing data from your router, and theres too many ports to open..or if you did open them it would make having a firewall pointless....

So, to enable DMZ login to your router (on my computer type my local ip address which is the 192.168.0.3 bit into a web browser and login) and look under NAT configuration (again I am working from my routers setup here yours may be slightly differant) Enable DMZ state, and in the DMZ IP Address section type in the IP of your computer (again 192.168.0.3), reboot the router and hopefully that should work.

This is however still not 100% because I, although not having problems connecting to irc, have problems DCCing files to anyone, and the DMZ change didnt help me. But give it a try, if it doesnt work make sure you disable it again.

If you're in desperate need to get on irc theres plenty of web based clients out there too <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'>

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