IRC & Steam on Campus Internet

Cina · 26-09-2005 12:52pm #1

Lo, got my campus internet sorted this morning but neither irc or steam connect. I was told both are set up so that their ports bypass the firewall. Is there anything in specific I have to do for them to work?

eoin_ie · 26-09-2005 1:50pm

Hmmm, didn't know that we would be allowed run things like Steam over the campus network. Was it Computer Services who told you this?

gizmo · 26-09-2005 5:02pm

Steam worked last year alright and IRC definitly works...

You sure you have the proxy settings and all that setup right for the apps?

Joe5ie · 26-09-2005 6:18pm

I am also on Res.What is Steam and how do i get it? How do i get IRC

eoin_ie · 26-09-2005 7:17pm

Steam is a content delivery system for certain games, the most notable being Half-Life 2. Instead of downloading patches from a website, Steam automatically downloads and installs game updates for you.

There is no way to set the proxy in Steam Faceless Man, did it just connect automatically? Or maybe CS have closed the ports?

Sarunas · 26-09-2005 7:18pm

for irc, set proxy in your irc client to "proxy.dcu.ie".

Cina · 26-09-2005 9:40pm

Did that and still no success, I assume mIRC works fine with it? Maybe i've buggered up the LAN settings

eoin_ie · 27-09-2005 4:31pm

Also, change your port to 3128.

Regarding Steam, I emailed the CS helpdesk and they said it should still be working but asked me to send on a list of ports that it requires, which I did. So fingers crossed.

gizmo · 29-09-2005 12:03pm

Sorry meant to just say IRC...

Anyway same thing happened last year, Steam ports they were closed at the beginning of the year, someone mailed them and they opened them...what nice people...

IRC & Steam on Campus Internet

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