Hi everyone,

I am an ircop on a server, and recently can't connect because I have no o-lines for my host. This is what it looks like as I connect at the start:

-irc.freenode.net- *** Looking up your hostname...
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-irc.freenode.net- *** Checking ident
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-irc.freenode.net- *** Couldn't look up your hostname
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I have an adsl connection, and after I oper up, it says:

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No O-lines for your host

I don't have a proxy and no firewall or router, What could be wrong, and how could I bypass it?

well if you are an ircop on freenode (not likely) then you talk to your ircop friends in #freenode and tell them about this

I was using freenode as an example, I am an ircop on neverdream. btw, what's up with the site, and can anyone else help me?

well go on neverdream and tell your ircop freinds your having problems.

This just means that the IRCd for the server you're on doesn't have an 'o-line' (a line in the ircd.conf that identifies you as an oper) for your hostname. This is nothing to do with mIRC, it's a server issue, and as Mtec said, you'll need to speak to a server administrator to get your IP/hostname added to the server.

Server administrators are the only ones with the ability to do this (sometimes Assistance Admins too). Check the /motd of the server to see who the server admin is for the server you're using.

Regards,

It's probably a result of your hostname not being resolved, which means that if the O-Line uses a hostmask (many do) it won't match. Ask a server admin to add an O-Line for your IP aswell (assuming it's static).

thanks guys

btw, What if my ip changes?

If your IP changes dramatically then you'll have to ask the server admin to leave the hostname/IP field of the O-Line as just a wildcard. It makes it slightly less secure, but as long as you've got a decent password and you're on a small network it shouldn't matter really. However I'd surprised if at least your IP's network number (the first one or two octets) doesn't remain the same.