SERVERS.INI -- Freenode -- chat.freenode.net ONLY - 01/05/13 10:01 AM
This post is to declare that Freenode is no longer going to maintain unique 'round robin' servers for the various continental regions.
The only official 'round robin' server is "chat.freenode.net". All other aliases will direct to this one DNS record.
These entries can be removed from SERVERS.INI
Leaving only
All freenode servers listen on ports 6665, 6666, 6667, 6697 (SSL only), 7000 (SSL only), 7070 (SSL only), 8000, 8001 and 8002.
More info can be located at: http://www.freenode.net/irc_servers.shtml
The only official 'round robin' server is "chat.freenode.net". All other aliases will direct to this one DNS record.
These entries can be removed from SERVERS.INI
Code:
Random AU serverSERVER:chat.au.freenode.net:6665-6667GROUP:Freenode Random EU serverSERVER:chat.eu.freenode.net:6665-6667GROUP:Freenode Random US serverSERVER:chat.us.freenode.net:6665-6667GROUP:Freenode
Leaving only
Code:
Random serverSERVER:chat.freenode.net:6665-6667GROUP:Freenode
All freenode servers listen on ports 6665, 6666, 6667, 6697 (SSL only), 7000 (SSL only), 7070 (SSL only), 8000, 8001 and 8002.
More info can be located at: http://www.freenode.net/irc_servers.shtml