Delay connecting to irc with radsl...

Rancid

Since getting connected with Netsource on 30th May, I'm noticing that it's taking much longer to connect to irc.
It sticks at
"Looking up your hostname
Checking Ident
Found your hostname"
screen for at least 1 minute.
Dial-up with Esat never took longer than 6 or 7 seconds.

I can't seem to see any settings that I need to change ...

Anyone know why this is happening?

gurramok

If you have a router, its probably the firewall in your router the reason it takes longer to connect.
Nothing you can do about it unless you drop your firewall protection

Rancid

I haven't got the firewall running.

And... there's no similar delay with any other proggies.... that's why I'm

vac

Its the firewall or some sort of sharing protection you have running. Its the same with my dialup when im using the shared connection.

It's not a very long wait anyway..

Emboss

I had the same problem in work, play around with File>options>connect>local info if you're using mIRC, fixed it for me, i only had the problem on particular servers.

Dustaz

yeh, i have that exact same problem in work.

Ill try those settings.

Rancid

Originally posted by Dustaz
yeh, i have that exact same problem in work.

Ill try those settings.

Any luck?

I changed a couple thing but there was no difference in the connection time...

melachi

Use the mirc 16 bit client and it should be alright.

Dustaz

Originally posted by Rancid
Any luck?

I changed a couple thing but there was no difference in the connection time...

[10:01] -ign.ie.quakenet.org- *** Looking up your hostname
-
[10:01] -ign.ie.quakenet.org- *** Checking Ident
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[10:01] -ign.ie.quakenet.org- *** Couldn't look up your hostname



nope

flamegrill

Guys,

The problem lies with ident, when you connect to an irc server it tries to connect to an ident daemon on your PC to find out your username. if it doesn't find one your username will have a ~ infront on it on IRC. if there is one it's fine. So i suggest you add a port forward for the ident port to your windows boxes your ICS or the router you are using etc.


The port in question is 113/tcp, enable mirc's ident service and redirect that port and all should be hunky dorey

Paul

Rancid

Originally posted by flamegrill
Guys,

The problem lies with ident, when you connect to an irc server it tries to connect to an ident daemon on your PC to find out your username. if it doesn't find one your username will have a ~ infront on it on IRC. if there is one it's fine. So i suggest you add a port forward for the ident port to your windows boxes your ICS or the router you are using etc.


The port in question is 113/tcp, enable mirc's ident service and redirect that port and all should be hunky dorey

Paul

Well... my username doesn't have a ~ in front of it when I join.
So....do you still suggest the above solution?

I think I'd need step-by-step instructions...

longword

Originally posted by flamegrill
Guys,

The problem lies with ident

Nah. Unless there's a firewall that's DROPing (as opposed to REJECTing), the IRC server will get a Connection refused when it tries an ident query and will give up instantly. His problem is reverse DNS.

Rancid

Originally posted by longword
Nah. Unless there's a firewall that's DROPing (as opposed to REJECTing), the IRC server will get a Connection refused when it tries an ident query and will give up instantly. His problem is reverse DNS.

Reverse DNS?

Ok.. how to fix, please!

longword

Originally posted by Rancid
Reverse DNS?

Ok.. how to fix, please!

That's beyond your control. Discuss the matter with your ISP.

Rancid

Originally posted by longword
That's beyond your control. Discuss the matter with your ISP.

Netsource..... hmm....

Ok.. thanks guys!

melachi

So, did you try using the 16 bit client like I said?

Rancid

Originally posted by melachi
So, did you try using the 16 bit client like I said?

I'll try that later today and report back!:)

Rancid

Just tried it now.... unfortunately it made no difference at all.