off topic, but a solution to this:
DCC Chat into my eggdrop that was on my local network
/ctcp botnick chat works without changing ip
Except that it didn't. See, my IP when connected to IRC is my public IP, and whenever I try to connect to anything using my public IP, my router interjects and tries to be accessed instead. I had to change my IP to my local one so I could connect to anything locally. Even for my websites on my local webserver, I have to put each hostname into my HOSTS file to even see the sites, otherwise the router's configuration window comes up instead.