Carlow it Chat room *OPEN AGAIN* hehe

bpm

hey whats the story with mirc

irc.phishy.net is not working

it keeps saying firewall rejected

toodles

ShayK1

i can't get on to it either????

Anyone any suggestions?

Dempsey

Noone can. The port is either blocked or something has ****ed up(but they dont feel the need to fix it). There must be another port that could be used or something.

Stephen

As i said in a different thread: The college is using a different proxy/firewall now than they were using before christmas. The new one (squid) seems much smarter than the crappy novell one they used to use.

evilhomer

Yeah the squid firewall is much better (linux based ) then the old one.
they got a new server in and all it does is run the firewall. it's faster and also a transparent firewall too, you don't need a novell login to use the net. if you have a laptop just plug it in to a network cable and add the proxy settings.

proxy : proxy.itcarlow.ie
port : 8080

and the DNS are

149.153.1.5
149.153.100.4

gateway and subnet mask depend on where you are in the college so check them on the machine before you use you own

Jaoibh

Thats brilliant!
I can just plug my laptop into a spare port in the LRC?

I was lead to believe that they had it locked out by mac address's is that how it was or am I way off?

ShayK1

url]www.sarcastic-carrot.com[/url

WARNING : Access Has Been Restricted.
You have attempted to access a site which contravenes the Computer Services Department "Regulations governing the use of Computing Facilities"
Regulations Sub-section 16 :-
"16. This Institute's Internet service is for academic uses only, accessing internet services such as streamed audio/video or chat-rooms is strictly forbidden."

Your IP address and account details have been logged and further infringements will cause disciplinary actions.




oh oh!!!!!!![\B]

Thats what ya get when you go to www.sarcastic-carrot.com

Moonbeam

Maybe they have some inteligence after all

Dempsey

Gimme another CGI:IRC link plz one that will work:)

seanos

I didn't realise they had such an opinion to be honest of such sites.
They had 6667 open at begining of year, so I presumed it was viewed as not too serious, and it seemed to have been blocked by new proxy, so presumed it was default settings, or just more secure settings, in form of block all except ...

Since this does break college rules, not much can do really, as they said - their monitoring & if you break rules action will be taken.

s4dd

Yeah... but now i can't connect to ANY of my irc channels

Surely there's another cgi::irc out there?!

Ivan

Unfortunately if it is actually prohibited by the college rules then it would be against the Carlow IT charter to discuss bypassing their attempts to prevent you from using Irc in the college.

Also, there is not much you can do about this, try discussing with computer services and explain to them how irc isnt really a big deal. It doesnt use much bandwidth, it can be extremely usefull for research & help with projects/programs etc. and under absolutely no circumstances will it turn out like widemouth did several years ago.

That said, I doubt they would be willing to co-operate on something like this, I mean, but at least you will know, one way or the other if they are intentionally or accidentally stopping you from using irc.

If its intentional, just hope they dont block boards as well.

loismustdie

i dunno, i reckon irc is no great loss, afterall The general rule with people on IRC seems to be: Attractive, single, mentally stable; choose two

jesusjones

Well I dont qualify for that so since I am neither Stable or attractive oh well!

i_am_dogboy

I was kind of expecting this thread to be deleted after we mentioned that the admins read boards, why dont you people just walk up to their office with a big sign that says "I USE CHAT IN THE COLLEGE"?

seanos

If you really want chat
you could always use the chat server the college PROVIDE you all...
there is java chat on Blackboard
......

banbutcher

so is there no way of getting irc working on the college computers??
any help would be good!

seanos

Well - netsoc site has server available to all - with #ITCarlow room
http://netsoc.itcarlow.ie - cgi:irc link
Which is for use by any carlow user - but not in LRC when comps busy/needed

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

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