Uber
Joined: Mar 22, 2004
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Apr 13, 2005 - 01:21 |
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One of my friend recently had some troubles trying to connect to the chat. As it turned out, he was using McAffee Anti-Virus and had an anti-IRC feature enabled. It took him a few days to discover the source of the problem, anyhow I thought it might be interesting to post it here so people would know.
If you ever encounter similar problems, please post them here with their solution of course. I've just started a new section IRC troubleshooting section in the guide to reflect that.
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melker
Joined: Dec 16, 2003
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May 12, 2005 - 12:48 |
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Had this very problem, thanks for the info! |
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Karhumies
Joined: Oct 17, 2004
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May 12, 2005 - 13:54 |
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Most versions of the F-Prot antivirus/firewall program should have a similar feature. However, the instructions for turning it off (or making the firewall allow connecting to IRC) should be very easily located.
I discovered this when using my parents' new PC. |
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nonchalance
Joined: Dec 20, 2005
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Aug 01, 2006 - 12:26 |
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ZoneAlarm has trouble as well. |
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Fama
Joined: Feb 09, 2005
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Aug 01, 2006 - 13:16 |
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I used Zonealarm and had no problems with it - to be honest the only problems I've had with irc come from my connection, which doesn't work sometimes.
...dunno why I'm posting here, then. Hehe. |
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nonchalance
Joined: Dec 20, 2005
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Aug 01, 2006 - 13:57 |
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Yeah, I'm having connection problems at the moment.
I had these problems a couple of days ago, uninstalled ZA and they went away - but now they're back, so it might not have been ZA's fault. |
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Redhammer_the_Old
Joined: Aug 29, 2005
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Mar 12, 2007 - 23:53 |
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This is a brand new problem for me:
Connecting to irc.fumbbl.com (80.217.22.159) port 6667..
Connected. Now logging in..
*** Looking up your hostname
*** Checking Ident
*** Found your hostname
*** No ident response
have just updated my ubuntu 6.10 edgy but no idea why it has all gone haywire on me....
nope it fails under windooze as well.... |
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Juff
Joined: May 24, 2006
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Nov 15, 2007 - 04:23 |
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On the off chance anyone else is having the same problem, I'm currently unable to connect to irc.fumbbl.com, but using the IP 213.200.183.249 as the server name allows me to.
I believe this may be due to DNS issues with Virgin Media (think i'm going through Luton as local host, not sure how widesperead it may be). |
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tenpole
Joined: Sep 07, 2006
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Nov 15, 2007 - 07:56 |
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Many connection issues in the UK are due to ISP and not your own set up. Coaches who play on fumbbl have as a rule already have a good basic knowledge of computers and virus threats. I use zonealarm with no trouble at all for chat. I use chatzilla. |
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Tenobaal
Joined: Oct 18, 2007
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Nov 25, 2007 - 23:48 |
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Zonealarm Pro may cause troubles with IRC connections, but at least my IRC client told me that I'm not allowed to use IRC because of Firewall issues.
If you have DNS trouble, sometimes you just need to use another DNS as Server- try and google for an alternative, and tell your Network card to use this your Modem/Router (If its a modem with your connection data) as first and your alternative as second DNS.
If this is not set up, your Modem will be the only DNS (gathering information from a standard DNS of your ISP and putting them into its cache). |
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Nagash_My_Ash
Joined: Dec 23, 2007
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Dec 24, 2007 - 05:04 |
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I am using HydraIRC and I can get it to connect to the server, but then I can't find any channels. Any ideas on how to resolve this?
Thanks! |
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mightyblow
Joined: Dec 20, 2007
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Dec 24, 2007 - 07:55 |
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Thats quite an interesting bit of information since all my IRC programs quit working lately and i have no freakin idea why. i have the mcafee enterprise edition too, but where do you turn that off, i cannot find anything in the settings abotu IRC? |
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Uncle_Servo
Joined: Mar 27, 2006
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Feb 18, 2008 - 23:07 |
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Hello there, Blood Bowlers!
I'm trying to get back into the swing of things here (after being away for almost two solid years)... and as the java chat isn't working on my machine, I was trying to get the IRC chat channels set up in Trillian. Anyone know what I need to enter for the following?
...Server Alias (this is the part I'm having trouble with)
...server address (if different than irc.fumbbl.com::6667)
...Nickname
...Username (I'm assuming it's my login)
...User Info
Thanks in advance! |
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SillySod
Joined: Oct 10, 2006
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Feb 18, 2008 - 23:10 |
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/nick nickname |
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great_daemon
Joined: Sep 08, 2008
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Sep 09, 2008 - 04:47 |
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This is the first time I've used IRC, and I'm completely lost trying to connect to the chat room.
I think I have to enter a network first... what network is this channel on? And then I should enter something like "/server irc.fumbbl.org 6667"? I tried entering that without a network but it couldn't connect... do I even need a network?
Thanks in advance!
edit:when I try to connect, it says "refused" |
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