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Connection Issues -- Please Help! #207460 17/12/08 09:18 PM
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 2 L lanok OP Bowl of petunias
OP lanok Bowl of petunias L Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 2	-irc.gamesurge.net- * Looking up your hostname - -irc.gamesurge.net- * Checking Ident - -irc.gamesurge.net- *** Your forward and reverse DNS do not match, ignoring hostname. It wont let me connect to any servers Someone please help!

Re: Connection Issues -- Please Help! lanok #207505 19/12/08 11:33 PM
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 7,252 Ontario, Canada R RusselB Hoopy frood
RusselB Hoopy frood R Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 7,252 Ontario, Canada	Are you using a router? If so, you'll have to open ports so that the DNS requests match both forwards and backwards. I'm not sure what ports you'll have to open, as my router configured automatically when I told it to allow IRC connections. Sorry I can't be of more assistance.

Re: Connection Issues -- Please Help! RusselB #207507 19/12/08 11:39 PM
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 2 L lanok OP Bowl of petunias
OP lanok Bowl of petunias L Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 2	Im sorry for the stupid question but what do you mean by open the ports on the router?

Re: Connection Issues -- Please Help! lanok #207521 20/12/08 06:49 PM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 994 C CtrlAltDel Hoopy frood
CtrlAltDel Hoopy frood C Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 994	Originally Posted By: lanok Im sorry for the stupid question but what do you mean by open the ports on the router? it's not a stupid question if you don't know the answer look at portforward.com I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed person.

Re: Connection Issues -- Please Help! lanok #207548 21/12/08 09:45 PM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,918 Montreal, QC, Canada A argv0 Hoopy frood
argv0 Hoopy frood A Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,918 Montreal, QC, Canada	How does the above information show that you can't connect? There should be a message that says "disconnected", if not, its still attempting to connect, you need to wait. - argv[0] on EFnet #mIRC - "Life is a pointer to an integer without a cast"

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