Forums Connection Issues Timing Out

Hey,

I've been having a problem that popped up once I upgraded to 6.14 from 6.03 (or something close to that).

Basically, I can connect to servers with no issues and can chat without any problems. However, if I go idle for 5-10 minutes, my connection times out and disconnects me.

Is there some sort of command in the options that I keep passing over? I am behind a router and I've disabled the WinXP firewall, but I've never had the issue before.

You might like to see this thread.

Try using other ports and connecting to other servers, see if they work for a bit longer. If nothing works, try making sure you don't go idle with something like an auto ping script:



This will set a timer when you connect to a server that pings yourself every 3 minutes. You will not see the timer set or see yourself ping you, because of the . before the commands (/timer and /ctcp). It needs to go in your remotes which can be accessed by pressing ALT+R, and preferably put in a new script file - File > New.

I don't know why this would effect mIRC 6.14 and not previous versions, if you've had any connection changes recently that might be it - you might not even be informed of the changes by your ISP!

Numerous threads have been made about the time out error, so you might also like to do a Search for "time out" or "timing out" and read other threads, they may contain a solution.

Best of luck

Regards,