Forums Connection Issues enable identd

As I said earlier, it could simply be a netsplit.

Maybe... last question, I swera: is a netsplit definitive?

Thanks once and again.

Definitive?

Mmmhh... Spell? I mean if that situation can change... as in something like "unsplit"?? Sorry about my english

Yes, a netsplit is almost always temporary. Of course, "temporary" can be anything from seconds to hours or more. Most last under 15 minutes.

You can get around a netsplit by just connecting to a server that is on the other "side" of the split.

Example:

5 servers are in a network and you connect to server #5. If a netsplit happens to #5, then everyone connected to #5 will no longer be able to see anyone connected to servers #1-4, and those on servers #1-4 won't see anyone on server #5. If you then go and connect to one of the #1-4 servers, you'd see everyone on those servers, but not on #5.

Depending on who is connected on each server and what channels they are in, you can very easily end up being the only person in a specific channel on server #5, so it will appear empty.

Of course, that's a basic example... netsplits can take out more than one server at a time, and you can even have multiple different splits, so that there are more than 2 sides to the split.

Thanks, perfectly clear now

I am having ident problems, too, but the things being discussed on this forum are greek to me. Is there someone who can call me?

i am having trouble with my Ident..

it used to work fine, but now it doesnt...i dont know why..here is what i get now

* Connecting to irc.link-net.org (+7000)
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-irc.link-net.org- *** Looking up your hostname...
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-irc.link-net.org- *** Checking Ident
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-irc.link-net.org- *** Couldn't look up your hostname
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-irc.link-net.org- *** No Ident response
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Ping? Pong!

i have done all the port fowarding steps, like i have said it used to work...can any one help me?? thanks

I have a similar issue. Most times when I connect (via Mirc) to Undernet, I get this:

[INFO] Connecting to [url=irc://undernet/][url=irc://undernet/][url=irc://undernet/]irc://undernet/[/url][/url][/url] ([url=irc://irc.undernet.org/][url=irc://irc.undernet.org/][url=irc://irc.undernet.org/]irc://irc.undernet.org/[/url][/url][/url])… [Cancel]
=== *** Looking up your hostname
=== *** Checking Ident
=== *** Found your hostname
=== ddgaucho Register first.
=== *** No ident response
=== *** Ident broken or disabled, to continue to connect you must type /QUOTE PASS 10783

after I type the necessary stuff, I connect just fine. It just annoys me. What am I doing wrong? This has happened with all versions of Mirc and Chatzilla.

As it says, the server isn't receiving an identd response, so that specific network requires you to use /quote to avoid spam bots. Make sure that identd is enabled in mIRC and also make sure that port 113 is not blocked in any firewall or router that you're using. This is explained in the first post of this thread.

what do i put in "Trigger Start Port" box and "Trigger End port" and Public port ?

For my router/modem combo, I do:

Start port: 113
End port: 113