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DNS POOL #194574 07/02/08 12:50 AM
Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 2 M mooshu OP Bowl of petunias
OP mooshu Bowl of petunias M Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 2	* Connecting to irc.gamesurge.net (6667) * Unable to connect to server (Connection refused) * Connect cancelled * Connecting to irc.gamesurge.net (6667) * Unable to connect to server (Connection refused) * Connect retry #1 irc.gamesurge.net (6667) (dns pool) why is this? i tried unistalling and reinstalling several times.. Ive tried 3 differnt versions of mirc but nothing works for ANY channel.. Its driving me crazy

Re: DNS POOL mooshu #194611 07/02/08 07:32 PM
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 19 San Antonio, Texas R Reaper Pikka bird
Reaper Pikka bird R Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 19 San Antonio, Texas	it means the server is refusing your connection. try another server on that network. it should work its just that server is refusing connections. ReaperIRC Killgore Computers

Re: DNS POOL mooshu #194613 07/02/08 08:29 PM
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 8,330 MA, USA Riamus2 Hoopy frood
Riamus2 Hoopy frood Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 8,330 MA, USA	DNS POOL isn't an error. It's just a way to show that it's trying multiple addresses from a pool of addresses for that network. As to why you can't connect, it can be any number of reasons from blocked ports to bad settings. Check the Unable to Connect sticky to see a lot of possible ways to get connected. Invision Support #Invision on irc.irchighway.net

Re: DNS POOL Riamus2 #194616 07/02/08 09:41 PM
Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 2 M mooshu OP Bowl of petunias
OP mooshu Bowl of petunias M Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 2	nothing seems to be working, i cant connect to any servers.

Re: DNS POOL mooshu #195472 25/02/08 04:56 PM
Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 2 B Boffo Bowl of petunias
Boffo Bowl of petunias B Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 2	the (dns pool) sometimes means that your antivirus/firewall is set to block irc communication - i know mcafee enterprise does that as default, and newer versions of norton antivirus

Re: DNS POOL mooshu #195488 25/02/08 07:15 PM
Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 196 C Constantine Vogon poet
Constantine Vogon poet C Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 196	OR try another network. Using round robin hostnames is great until a dns server between you and the network dies. Check out some other servers and try direct connections Happy mIRC user on Linux

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