Is IRC down or is it just me?
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 11:40 pm
I keep timing out when I try to connect both through the link and through my mirc.
No problems here...but I haven't left today
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Is IRC down or is it just me?
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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 12:14 am
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 12:52 am
Why can't I get in?
My firewall is set to allow java applications and mirc can enter other chat servers but not gnug. Was I banned for something?
[edit] This is what I see:
Connecting...
Unable to connect : java.net.ConnectException : Connection timed out: connect
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 1:07 am
You are not banned from what I can see...and have no idea why you would be...I got that before also...I just kept trying.. it finally worked
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 1:11 am
Shut down and then try again?....I had something like that once, exceept mine said killed instead of timed...well, I used aol and then i used explorer and was able to complain in the chat about it 
Anyways, you could always try restarting or something...but really, i wouldn't know.
Anyways, you could always try restarting or something...but really, i wouldn't know.
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 1:41 am
I've tried restarting, I've downloaded and installed the most recent Java, and downloaded and tried Firefox instead of IE. Nothing's worked.
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 1:51 am
All that trouble to talk to us? 
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 12:31 pm
I had trouble getting in with Mirc for a while... Then one day it just worked for some reason, Keep trying
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 4:54 pm
I can get into other chat servers, but not gnug. Did they start blocking either Sprint ISP's or did they quit taking people that don't have fixed IP addresses?
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 1:24 pm
I wouldn't rely on the Java applet, it's very easy to get troubles with that.
Could you post here or PM me any messages that mIRC displays when you try to connect to gnug?
Double-check any firewall and anti-virus settings (McAfee/Norton can be set to block any IRC access, even if you don't have a firewall) They're the usual culprits
gnug doesn't ban people with non-static IPs, thankfully, as very few people have static IP addresses.
It is possible that you service provider has been banned by gnug, this can happen if somone that has no static username, nick or IP is banned, and so banning the ISP is the only option. But I doubt that...
Could you post here or PM me any messages that mIRC displays when you try to connect to gnug?
Double-check any firewall and anti-virus settings (McAfee/Norton can be set to block any IRC access, even if you don't have a firewall) They're the usual culprits
gnug doesn't ban people with non-static IPs, thankfully, as very few people have static IP addresses.
It is possible that you service provider has been banned by gnug, this can happen if somone that has no static username, nick or IP is banned, and so banning the ISP is the only option. But I doubt that...
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 4:13 pm
This is what I get with mIRC:
*connecting to irc.gnug.org (6667)
Unable to connect to server (connection timed out)
From the help files it says sometimes it does this if your ISP has been blocked or if the server doesn't accept non-static IP addresses.
[edit] I can connect to some other servers without problems so I don't think it's my norton firewall and my IE firewall is disabled.
*connecting to irc.gnug.org (6667)
Unable to connect to server (connection timed out)
From the help files it says sometimes it does this if your ISP has been blocked or if the server doesn't accept non-static IP addresses.
[edit] I can connect to some other servers without problems so I don't think it's my norton firewall and my IE firewall is disabled.