Forums Connection Issues Regular disconnection

I regret having to start a new topic on the same problem, but i could not get a response to my query for quite some time.

Hi. I connect to IRC behind a firewall using Proxy for both server and DCC.

I am able to connect to all the networks, initiate DCC chat sessions and even download files.

However, i get disconnected from all the servers after a time period which ranges from 1 minute to 4 minutes.

The output while trying to connect to EFNET is:

* Connecting to irc.inet.tele.dk (6661)
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-irc.inet.tele.dk- *** Looking up your hostname...
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-irc.inet.tele.dk- *** Checking Ident
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-irc.inet.tele.dk- *** Couldn't look up your hostname
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-irc.inet.tele.dk- *** No Ident response
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Welcome to the Internet Relay Network ullusingh
Your host is irc.inet.tele.dk[irc.inet.tele.dk/6661], running version 2.8/hybrid-6.4.1
This server was created Sun Sep 7 2003 at 14:30:50 CEST

------------some more stuff---------------

End of /MOTD command.
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* ullusingh sets mode: +i
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[DkChk VERSION]
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Local host: unknown (210.212.148.135)
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* Disconnected


The last line (* Disconnected) comes after nearly 3 minutes on EFNET.

Earlier when i tried on this forum, i was told that "No Ident response" should not be a problem.

Then i was asked to find out the message in the channel on disconnection.

i managed to find out the message in the channel when i get disconnected. it is:

*** ullusingh (~mudi_m@hidden ) Quit (Read error: EOF from client)

What can it be??

One thing interesting which may help is that when i keep on typing something in the channel or keep on triggering, i manage to stay on without getting disconnected.

Just one more thing which i may add is that on immediately rejoining the same channel, i never get the message that the nickname is in use.

So, will someone pleeeeez help??

It seems like your proxy is disconnecting you when you lack activity. Try to find another proxy to use, or try adding this to your remote scripts (ALT+R):



You will have to reconnect for it to work. It is true that "No Ident response" doesn't often matter. Only one or two networks care about it. If you don't have a resonse, it just adds an extra character (~) to your hostname.

Dear Todd,
Thanks a zillion tonnes for your reply. It solved the problem. I am not getting disconnected now.

However, there is just one slight hitch. In the channel window i keep getting this message: "timeout Unknown command" regularly.

Can u just look at ur script again and tell me the reason. Thanks anyway.

"In the channel window i keep getting this message: "timeout Unknown command" regularly"
That what the "raw 421:..." line is for.
Here's a slightly different version that will only send the timeout if you're idle longer than 1 minute.

• on *:connect:.timertimeout. $+ $cid 0 30 if ($idle > 60) .raw timeout
  raw 421:& timeout *:!