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Can someone please help me with this problem. I've tried a bunch of different servers, I've tried the ip number, I don't have a firewall yet I still get this problem everytime I try to connect.
Is there anything else I should check to see why I can't connect to mIRC?
thanks
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Hoopy frood
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Ok, well here is what you should do. Go to a DOS Prompt/Commandline window (depending on your version of Windows) and type:
telnet the.irc.servers.ip 6667
Does it print any text when you do that? If it does, please include it here,if it doesn't, then you need to talk to your ISP.
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It says:
"connecting to the.irc.servers.ip....Could not open connection to the host, on port 6667: Connection failed"
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Hoopy frood
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Umm I didn't mean literally enter the.irc.servers.ip, I meant that is where you are supposed to put the IP you want to connect to.
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lol...sorry....
here' s one...irc.easynews.com....but I don't know the ip for it....
...now do I type in:
"telnet irc.easynews.com 6667"
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Yes, that should be fine.
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This is what it told me when I entered the info:
"Connecting to irc.easynews.com....could not open connection to the host, on port 6667: connect failed"
what should I do from here?
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Hoopy frood
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seems to me i heard easynews was down, but Efnet's website isnt cooperating with me tonight. Try each of these in mIRC: /server irc.Prison.NET /server 208.178.231.190
also make sure you arent blocking mIRC or the server ports (6660-6669,7000-7001 and 113) anywhere (firewall/router) I think prison runs on 6666 and 6667
usually when you get cant resolve server it means the server is down/doesnt exist or you are having a dns prob (in which case trying the ip does the trick)
ParaBrat @#mIRCAide DALnet
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I tried both server addresses and they both told me:
"Unable to Connect (connection refused)"
How do I make sure I'm not blocking mIRC or the ports? I don't have a firewall..so I don't think I'm blockin it...I have Windows XP...and I know it comes with a firewall...but I don't know how to check that....
Can someone tell me how to check the firewall for XP and tell me how to make sure I'm not blocking the ports?
thanks
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Hoopy frood
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The firewall in XP is off unless you enable it when you set up the connection or later on in Control Panel.
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what about checking if I'm blocking the ports for mIRC??
How do I check that? And is there any other way I can check to see if I'm blocking mIRC?
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Try these /server irc.servercentral.net /server 66.150.99.99 Look here for some more.
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i tried a bunch of them....they all give me the "unable to connect (connection refused)"
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can someone tell me what the settings I should have for mIRC to make sure it'll work???
Also, can someone tell me how I check if I"m blocking some of the ports???
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There are no ports you could be blocking, you are connecting to a remote system, not the other way around. Anyway, it seems like either a.) a firewall issue or b.) an ISP issue.
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I called my ISP and they told me everything's fine...I did have a firewall, I un-installed it and the problem still persists...
I'm at a loss right now...
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