Forums mIRC Help about mIRC ports

if you know something about this, could you list all ports that mIRC is using? (chat, dcc etc.) i have a dsl router and i'm having to open some ports for mIRC. I know that 6667-6669 and 7000 are used to connect to servers, but another ports?

As far as I know there is no command to list all ports that mIRC is using, but if there is I'm sure someone will post it. As you said, the connecting ports are usually 6667-6669 and 7000, however, different servers can have different ports to connect to. Type //echo $port to know which port you're connected with. To know what ports are needed to connect to a server try typing /motd and looking at the servers Message Of The Day. If it does not say, it should tell you the admin of the server - try emailing them to find out. 97% of servers will work with 6667 however.

By default DCC ports are set as 1024-5000 in your DCC Options:

ALT+O > DCC > Options

These can be changed of course to work with your router. Any ports, preferably consecutive, in the range of 1024-5000 will be fine (for example, first: 4440 last: 4441).

IdentD uses port 113 - if port 113 is closed on your computer you will see a ~ prefixed to your Ident (/whois yourself to see it) OR you have not turned the IdentD feature on. Use /identd on to do so.

Happy chatting

Regards,

offcourse !

server ports : 6660-6669 then 7000-7002 even a few on DALnet allowed 8080 like old omen.dal.net
your identd goes on to #113
dcc by default is 1024-5000 which can be changed when required

You shouldn't have to open the actual 'irc server' ports (6667-6670, 7000 etc.) as you 'connect out' on these. If your system is comprimised and you have irc server ports open you could be used as a drone server. The ports you usually have to foward are:

113 for identd: the server 'connects back' to this port as you connect to it and requests your 'user name'. If you do not have this forwarded you will have a ~ before your user@ section of whois (or usermode +n on austnet). Added penalties can include stricter cloning limits, probably being banned from a lot more channels and your initial connection to the network can be a *lot* slower (as the identd request from the server has to time out).

59 (or whatever port you specify) for dcc server: If your friends have not correctly set up their port forwarding they will be unable to dcc send or chat with you because you will not be able to 'connect back' to the listening port they specify. By enabling your dcc server you can essentially have your friends connect 'to you' to initiate chat and send sessions, you can also receive chats and files whilst not connected to the irc server. Be warned that many trojans use this to initiate chats and sends claiming to be from NickServ, X and other common services to ask for passwords or send you hostile files. It may be better to change this port (/help /dccserver).

Your DCC portrange: If you do not set this up you will be unable to dcc chat and send to anything but dcc servers (with /dcc send <ip>:<port> etc.). You can find the port range in Options (alt+o) > DCC > Options.

Hope that helps