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Connection problems? #96257 30/08/04 09:59 PM
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 187 S Soul_Eater OP Vogon poet
OP Soul_Eater Vogon poet S Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 187	For some reason the only network in the entire IRC conglomeration of networks I can connect to is Dalnet. Every other network is unresolvable or the connecion times out. Whats wrong? I'm on XP SP2 mirc 6.16 --- http://www.freewebz.com/souleata/

Re: Connection problems? #96258 31/08/04 05:32 AM
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,271 Sunnydale, CA L LocutusofBorg Hoopy frood
LocutusofBorg Hoopy frood L Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,271 Sunnydale, CA	I wouldn;'t be suprised if the problem is SP2. Heard so many evil stories about it, I'm not touching that thing with a 1000000 ft pole. DALnet #Helpdesk I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. -Confucius

Re: Connection problems? #96259 31/08/04 10:57 AM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 788 Wales, United Kingdom. C Coolkill Hoopy frood
Coolkill Hoopy frood C Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 788 Wales, United Kingdom.	Although i'm doubting its SP2 since one network works but the rest do not, which wouldnt be happening if it was infact SP2, however, try turning off the built in SP2 firewall and see if that helps any. Eamonn.

Re: Connection problems? #96260 31/08/04 12:15 PM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 93 T Talea Babel fish
Talea Babel fish T Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 93	W00t a person after my own heart! Probably has something to do with SP2 firewall settings. Talea

Re: Connection problems? #96261 31/08/04 05:06 PM
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 187 S Soul_Eater OP Vogon poet
OP Soul_Eater Vogon poet S Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 187	Nope no difference. Connecting to other networks worked early last week, (and I've had SP 2 since it was on MS's website in mid-august) than it just stopped working. and SP2 is nice. The IE popup blocker is great but lets stay on topic. --- http://www.freewebz.com/souleata/

Re: Connection problems? #96262 01/09/04 12:46 AM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,962 Norwich, UK S starbucks_mafia Hoopy frood
starbucks_mafia Hoopy frood S Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,962 Norwich, UK	For the networks that are unresolvable what happens if you DNS them elsewhere, either with /dns or another program? If it works what happens if you use the IP addresses? Spelling mistakes, grammatical errors, and stupid comments are intentional.

Re: Connection problems? #96263 01/09/04 03:41 AM
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 187 S Soul_Eater OP Vogon poet
OP Soul_Eater Vogon poet S Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 187	DNSing them resolves there IPs...but trying to connect to them gets me the usual * Unable to connect to server (Connection timed out) message I'm getting --- http://www.freewebz.com/souleata/

Re: Connection problems? #96264 01/09/04 10:10 AM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 349 Darwin, Australia S Skip Fjord artisan
Skip Fjord artisan S Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 349 Darwin, Australia	What happens when you traceroute to another server's ip? Are you able to connect to any IRC servers on other common ports such as :80, :22, :21? As some dalnet servers are restricted to peering partners only, perhaps your ISP has inadvertently restricted IRC-bound connections to dalnet alone when trying to comply.

Re: Connection problems? #96265 01/09/04 12:10 PM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,962 Norwich, UK S starbucks_mafia Hoopy frood
starbucks_mafia Hoopy frood S Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,962 Norwich, UK	First off I'd check your mIRC installer's CRC is 2AFD6A5E, if it's not re-download. There was a bad mirror up around a month ago which you might have downloaded from. Whether that was right or not I'd run a virus/trojan scan using some of the more IRC-centric scanners (Norton, McAfee, etc. can be really crap at finding IRC-related stuff sometimes). If none of that comes up with anything then I'm out of ideas unless you happen to know of something that's changed in your connection (ISP, networks, routers, firewalls, etc.) Spelling mistakes, grammatical errors, and stupid comments are intentional.

Re: Connection problems? #96266 01/09/04 04:19 PM
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 187 S Soul_Eater OP Vogon poet
OP Soul_Eater Vogon poet S Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 187	tracert-ing times out on hop 2 and on. --- http://www.freewebz.com/souleata/

Re: Connection problems? #96267 07/09/04 04:22 AM
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 187 S Soul_Eater OP Vogon poet
OP Soul_Eater Vogon poet S Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 187	um still having problems --- http://www.freewebz.com/souleata/

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