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Title: IRC problems
Post by: Vincent on February 03, 2003, 12:34:45 AM

I've been trying on and off for 2 hours to try and get connected to #amiga.org on IRC, and having no luck at all.

I've tried Trillian and mIRC (yes I'm using a PC - it's not through choice) and both come back with the same reply:

*** Couldn't resolve hostname

This happens on arena.webchat.org and irc.webchat.org.  I even tried NeoFree's website (http://amiga.hostingmountain.com (http://amiga.hostingmountain.com)) to get connected and got basically the same result.

It's not that I can't connect to #amiga.org, the problem is getting connected to any IRC client.

Does anyone know why this is happening?

Title: Re: IRC problems
Post by: odin on February 03, 2003, 12:36:32 AM

Then probably the webchat irc network is down.

Title: Re: IRC problems
Post by: Vincent on February 03, 2003, 12:39:55 AM

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odin wrote:
Then probably the webchat irc network is down.

Doh! Why didn't I think of that? :oops:  :oops:  :-D

Title: Re: IRC problems
Post by: odin on February 03, 2003, 12:44:03 AM

Did you think the problem was with you IRC programs? =).

Anyway goodnite :-D.

Title: Re: IRC problems
Post by: Vincent on February 03, 2003, 12:53:04 AM

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odin wrote:
Did you think the problem was with you IRC programs? =).

Thought it might be, they've screwed up many times before.  But I was speaking on ICQ and they had the same problem with IRC.  I thought I'd post here to see if anyone had a reason/explanation for the problem.

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Anyway goodnite :-D.

Nite mate  :-D

Title: Re: IRC problems
Post by: Madgun68 on February 03, 2003, 06:23:05 AM

You can use the i.p.'s listed in the Information link listed under Extra Stuff on the left-hand side.

Or you can try irc.webmaster.com port 7000.

:-P

Title: Re: IRC problems
Post by: Elektro on February 03, 2003, 10:05:13 AM

DNS problems it would seem...

type this in your prog. to connect:

/server 216.152.64.142

Title: Re: IRC problems
Post by: zudobug on February 03, 2003, 10:24:02 AM

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Connection failed. Error: Connection refused

Ahh well...  Might as well get on with some work instead.

(webchat sux)

-zudo

Title: Re: IRC problems
Post by: KrasH on February 03, 2003, 10:57:49 AM

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Vincent wrote:
I've been trying on and off for 2 hours to try and get connected to #amiga.org on IRC, and having no luck at all.

I've tried Trillian and mIRC (yes I'm using a PC - it's not through choice) and both come back with the same reply:

*** Couldn't resolve hostname

This happens on arena.webchat.org and irc.webchat.org.  I even tried NeoFree's website (http://amiga.hostingmountain.com (http://amiga.hostingmountain.com)) to get connected and got basically the same result.

It's not that I can't connect to #amiga.org, the problem is getting connected to any IRC client.

Does anyone know why this is happening?

Sometimes the IRC servers I go on can't be resolved. I then always change the port to connect to. 6666, 6667, 6668, 7777 etc.. Usually works, but not always.

Title: Re: IRC problems
Post by: KrasH on February 03, 2003, 10:59:32 AM

woohoo, I'm a technoid thanks to the post just above ;)

Title: Re: IRC problems
Post by: Vincent on February 03, 2003, 02:03:31 PM

Cheers guys, IRC is working now so I haven't had to try any of your suggestions, but I've got a note of them for when it happens again. :-D

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woohoo, I'm a technoid thanks to the post just above ;)

Cool, I've got 52 posts before I'm a technoid  :-(
I've still got a caffeine buzz :-D