Can’t Connect Because of Your
Firewall
WEB CHAT CLIENT
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mIRC Users:
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After installing and entering your name and
such (do not worry about a password)
This program is available at
www.mirc.com
1) Open up mIRC
2) Click on ADD in the options box that appears
3) Type in a description (I use Jaundies)
4) In the IRC server box, type in, irc.jaundies.com and your password if you
have one.
5) Click add
6) In the pull-down menu for IRC network, choose all
7) Scroll down till you find Jaundies
8) Select it
9) Click connect to IRC server
10) When it's done connecting type #youroomofchoice channel list box that pops
up
and you are there :):)
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XCHAT USERS:
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For those of you that do not wish to use mIRC
and would like to try out another client I personally suggest X-Chat. The
nickserv and chanserv commands are the same as mIRC.
After downloading X-Chat from http://xchat.org follow these simple steps to get
set up.
1) Start X-Chat up.
2) Check the box that says EDIT MODE
3) Enter YOUR chat name and two variations and other info (do not worry about
join command) and your password in the "Server Password" area if your
name is registered. If not, after you register it enter it here. Be smart and
choose something other than your Mafia.org password and use a mix of at least 8
upper and lower case letters, numbers, and some symbols.
4) In the left hand area marked Networks click add
5) Scroll down to the bottom of the network list and slowly select the New
Network box, type in Jaundies
5) To the right there is an area called servers, click ADD
6) Select new server, type in irc.jaundies.com
7) Click connect
8) Type in /join #youroomofchoice
If you would like to automatically join your channels upon log on enter these
channels in the "Join Channels" area in the #roomname1, #roomname2,
#roomname3 (#mafia, #Trivia) format. No spaces between the commas and channel
names.
To change your personal settings you click on "Settings" and go to
preferences. This is where you can change your colours and default away, part,
and quit messages.
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How To Register Your Name:
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1) Type /MSG nickserv register insert your
password here insert your email here
2) Hit enter
How To Identify Upon Log-in:
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1) Type /MSG nickserv identify insert your
password here
2) Hit enter
You can set you chosen client to do this automatically up log on. For mIRC the easiest way I have found is to
click on enter your password when you enter the server info. Yes it does work I
just tried it myself. For X-Chat it's
basically the same, enter it when you do your server info.
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Common Commands Used on IRC
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/nick <newnickhere> - Changes your nickname.
/msg <name here>
<text here> - Sends a private
message to the user of your choice.
/query <name> - Opens up a private message window with a user.
/notice <name> <text> - Sends a message to a user in the same channel as
you. Does not appear in a separate
window.
/me <text> - Allows you to do an “action”, example “/me is hungry”
would show up in chat as “tiggy is hungry”.
/whois <name> - Shows you information about the person you are
whoising.
/away <reason> - If you have an away script built into your client type
this when you are away. It will give
users who private message you a message stating you are away from the computer.
/back – Removes your away message.
/ignore <name> - If someone is getting annoying you can stop receiving their messages by typing this command.
/join #roomname – Use this command to join a channel of your choice.
/quit <message> – Disconnects you from IRC, you don’t have to put in a
message, but you can.
/part <message> - Exits you from the channel you type it in, not
necessary to put a message.
/invite <name> - Invites someone into the channel.
/chanserv aop #room add/del
name – Adds or deletes a person from the
Auto-Op list.
/chanserv hop #room add/del
name – Adds or deletes a person from the
Auto-Hop list.
/chanserv vop #room add/del
name – Adds or deletes a person from the
Auto-Voice list.
/chanserv akick #room add/del
name – Adds or deletes a person from the
Auto-Kick list.
Those are the basic commands, more can be found on sites like http://www.irchelp.org/ . When in doubt type /chanserv help for channel commands, /nickserv help for nickserv commands such as group and register, /botserv help for any commands needed to operate your channel bot. You can also find someone to help you in #help most of the time.
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Register your name to cut down the chances of someone else using it in an
attempt to "be" you.
And finally, be careful of scripts you download for both mIRC and X-Chat, as
you never know if there is a virus included.
List of Macintosh
Clients:
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Colloquy IRC Client for Macintosh Users (http://colloquy.info/)
Pure-Mac IRC Client List (http://www.pure-mac.com/irct.html)
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IRC Help Site:
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Can’t Connect Because of Your Firewall:
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If you are using Norton's firewall you can
simply get on IRC by following these steps. They might help you with any other
wall as well.
1) Double click the firewall icon in your task bar.
2) Double click on Personal Firewall.
3) Click on Configure.
4) Click on the Advanced tab.
5) Click on General Rules.
6) Click on Add.
7) Select Permit (It's in blue, click Next.
8) Select Connections to and from Other Computers, click Next.
9) Select Only Computers Listed at the Site Below and click Add.
10) Select Individually and enter irc.jaundies.com, click Ok then Next.
11) Select TCP and UDP, select All Type of Communication, click Next.
12) Click Next, you don't need to log this.
13) Name the rule Jaundies IRC and click Next.
14) Click Finish.
15) Click Ok.
16) Click Ok.
17) Close the Norton Firewall window.
18) Try connecting.
If you still cannot connect reopen the
firewall, double click Detection and unblock the IRC server address there.
For other walls just do whatever you have to do to add a rule and do it in a similar
fashion. The reason you have to do this is due to lamers flooding our server
with bots from proxy IP's we have had to start scanning for open Proxy ports
upon log on.
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