Forums mIRC Help Bad Username Error

Hi !


If i want to connect to Quakenet, i get this error:

Your username is invalid.
Connect with your real username, in lowercase.
If your mail address were foo@bar.com, your username would be foo.
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Closing Link: [Supah] by tiscali.dk.quakenet.org (USER: Bad username)

so what am i doing wrong? i can't get it
and need IRC for clanwars. I got a new pc and mIRC doesn't work, and on my old one it works just fine.

Can you guys help me out here?

thx anyway,
grtz [SupahFly]

Basically, the value in the "Full Name" field is different than what you have prefixed in your email field. In the mIRC options window (alt+o), in the connection area, you'll notice 4 immediate fields. Full Name, Email, Nick, and Alt. Nick. The fullname must be the same value as what prefixed the @ in your email address. Ex:

Full Name: KingTomato
Email: KingTomato@kingtomato.com

That would work.

Full Name: King T. Mato
Email: KingTomato@kingtomato.com

that however, will not. Simply match the values of the italics in both fields, and you should be fine.

as the msg said, i'd also use all lower case letters, and dont use characters like ^ _

i'm sorry, but my email adress is:
sup4hf1y @hotmail.com and i filled in my full name with sup4hf1y...

so what is the problem now? :s

thx anyway

try putting the same thing in mIRC's options under connect/identd on the user id line.

I wonder if perhaps the network doesnt like the mix of numbers with letters?

Actually, read http://www.quakenet.org/faq/faq.php?c=4&f=135#135 that explains their specific rules

done that, still doesn't work
i'm desperate...

do you have identd server enabled in mIRC's identd options? could you be blocking port 113 in firewall (including xp's) or router?

the only other thing i can suggest is contacting quakenet for help, http://www.quakenet.org/

heeey yeah, i have a new router installed, and before it was installed mIRC worked fine. what can i do to change it?

You'll need to forward port 113 in your router, you can find some info in the posts on this thread and links to help info on some routers in this thread

what am i exactly looking for there?
i still can't figure out how to enable 113