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The Ready Room => Off Topic => Topic started by: Slink on October 13, 2004, 01:55:54 PM

Title: I'm Nub...
Post by: Slink on October 13, 2004, 01:55:54 PM

Um, what's irc, (i know it's a chat client of sorts, but could you be more descriptive?)
how do i get it?


lurve...

Title: I'm Nub...
Post by: That Annoying Kid on October 13, 2004, 02:02:45 PM

you can get a client like Mirc, trillian, xchat etc

then you connect to a certain server [like gamesurge] and you can go into channels and the like.

Internet Relay Chat

if you don't want to install stuff just use the java irc link on the forums or gamesurges (http://www.gamesurge.net/chat) if you want to visit other channel

Title: I'm Nub...
Post by: JHunz on October 13, 2004, 03:22:36 PM

ours visits other channels too

Title: I'm Nub...
Post by: That Annoying Kid on October 13, 2004, 03:29:49 PM

oh, I did not know that

well then just use TLM's jirc if you don't want to install one then :)

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come to think of it, your not "nub" your "newbish" there is a big difference
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Title: I'm Nub...
Post by: Slink on October 13, 2004, 05:10:50 PM

hmm, just tried running that in IE.  i usually use Firefox, but it seems to need a manual java install, and i'm lazy.  but anyway...

got a nifty little error message.  here's what it says.

[16:03] Connecting...
[16:03] Unable to to connect : com.ms.security.SecurityExceptionEx : cannot connect to "irc.gamesurge.net"


and that's all that shows up in the window.

note, I'm running norton anti-virus + firewall on this computer.  My mother works in the data transmissions security buisness, so it's not an option to disable this.


help?

PS.  thx TAK.  nub just sounds cooler.

Title: I'm Nub...
Post by: Isamil on October 13, 2004, 06:07:46 PM

Your mother is in data transfer security bussiness and you use Norton?  Yeah...remind me NEVER to buy anything of a place she helps run.

Title: I'm Nub...
Post by: Black Mage on October 13, 2004, 07:26:02 PM

Internet Relay Chat - wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irc)

RFCs that apply to IRC:
1459 (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1459.txt)
2810 (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2810.txt)
2811 (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2811.txt)
2812 (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2812.txt)
2813 (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2813.txt)

Title: I'm Nub...
Post by: Slink on October 13, 2004, 09:22:33 PM

welll Isamil, unless you're a corporation like Nike, or the Department of Defense, i doubt you'll be shopping for the sort of data transmissions that my mother does.  As to norton, well, she's kind of nub when it comes to PC's.  the bitch usually works on mainframes.  but whatever.


as to blackmage, thx for your help.  however, i'm nub (erm, newbish).  i'm guessing that those are ports that i have to open within norton for irc to work, but i'm not sure.  Care to clarify that a smidge?  thx much though.

Title: I'm Nub...
Post by: Dirty Harry Potter on October 14, 2004, 02:43:16 AM

no they're not, the only port you need to open to connect to gamesurge is 6667. i think DCCs(that's file transfers over IRC) use a different port, but by opening 6667 you can at least connect to the LM channel.

Title: I'm Nub...
Post by: Dark on October 14, 2004, 07:03:44 AM

if you plan on accepting dcc's the port you need to open is 59, and yes i did this to answer dhp's thing about not knowing which one

Title: I'm Nub...
Post by: Black Mage on October 14, 2004, 08:57:41 AM

also there's some port for ident severs blah blah blah but it's unimportant

Title: I'm Nub...
Post by: That Annoying Kid on October 14, 2004, 10:23:01 AM

any luck?

Title: I'm Nub...
Post by: Slink on October 15, 2004, 05:57:07 PM

well, it worked yesterday.  installed java, went in, talked to ppl, all good.


today, nothing.  as far as i know i haven't changed anything, the port's still open in norton.  just says i can't connect to the server or whatever.

Title: I'm Nub...
Post by: Malevolent on October 15, 2004, 11:02:01 PM

So are you saying you're using Java IRC? Why not just use HyrdaIRC (free) or something?

Title: I'm Nub...
Post by: Slink on October 15, 2004, 11:22:42 PM

well, it seems to be working now, so i'm not going to touch it.  ty all

Title: I'm Nub...
Post by: Isamil on October 16, 2004, 07:32:15 AM

Slink: I repersent the Department of h4x, or the D0H.