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IT'S ALL ABOUT ADDRESSES
Since you first began to using mIRC, I'm sure you have
lost the ability to DCC at least once. Usually its
because you have the wrong address in the Local Info.
Then you decide to get a Wireless Router for the house
and your DCC stops working again. You find out
your Router began assigning different IP Address numbers
to all your computers.
Then you get the big idea to come to IRC on a bounce.
Your new Vhost adds yet another address to your list.
This time, its a bit more complicated to get the
Addresses right in all the different processes.
Do you put the Router Assigned IP Address here?
Should the Internet Provider IP Address go over there?
And where should you put the IP Address of your Vhost?
This is why your DCC is not working. It's all
about addresses! Now you can relax, because this
page will tell you where to put all those addresses so
smile, and let's get started!
WHAT IS THE ADDRESS YOUR
INTERNET PROVIDER ASSIGNED YOU?
This is not intended to teach you how to configure your
entire bounce. I presume that you already have your
bounce up and running, but are unable to DCC Send,
Receive and/or Chat.
These are some fast and easy solutions to make your DCC
experience every bit as trouble-free, as it was before
you got the bounce.
You are going
to need to know the numerical IP Address that your
Internet Provider assigned to you.
Click
HERE
to
go to a website that tells you what your IP Number is.
Look for the numerical address (example) IP-Address: 24.164.150.219
Write this number as the Internet IP# on your list.
TELNET TO
YOUR BOUNCE
1) Type on:
cd psybnc
.. enter
2)
Type on ps x ,, a series of processes on your
machine will appear. You want the number across from the psybnc
entry.
3) To kill the bounce type on
kill -9 number .. enter.
The *number* you put in, is the number of the psybnc
process.
This will kill the
bounce.
3) Next you enter the bouncer configuration by
typing .. make menuconfig ..
enter.
CONFIGURING THE BOUNCE SO IT
CAN DCC
A Popup menu will appear. Using your arrow keys:
1) Scroll down to Bouncer Config
.. and enter
2) Scroll down to DCC Host .. and enter.
Type in
the numerical IP Address that your Internet Provider assigned to
you.
3) Exit out of your config. When you get back
into Telnet, type make
.. enter.
4) To restart your bounce type on
./psybnc
.. enter
CONFIGURING mIRC SO IT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE BOUNCE
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Open up mIRC
and then disconnect it from the server (changes
should be made while disconnected). Open up mIRC Options (Alt+O) .. Click on the
Connect tab, then the
Local Info tab.
Local Host:
Leave empty (mIRC will fill this in for you)
IP
Address:
Type in your Internet IP #. The real
one that you determined in the first step.
Note:
If the IP # of the bouncer in used here ..
you will be unable to DCC.
On
Connect Always Get ..
Untick both
Local Host and IP Address. Both must be
Unchecked.
Lookup Method: Check
Server
Click OK, and close.
DECIDING WHAT METHOD YOU WANT TO USE TO
DCC
There are two
ways that you can DCC. A lot will depend on
how much privacy protection you feel that
you need. Some people do not want the
*real* IP Address that your IP assigned to
you, to appear on IRC. They use a bounce to
hide that real IP. Here are the two methods
and how to install them:
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DCC Direct
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When someone attempts to DCC
Chat with you, or DCC Send to
you,
everything will be handled
exactly as it always has been on
mIRC.
This method is the most
convenient.
To enable:
Type on /dccenable 0 in
any mIRC window, and enter |
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DCC Through psyBNC
Bounce |
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DCC send is not affected by this
change, which means you can
still
DCC Chat and DCC Send as you
always have.
The change takes place with
attempts by others, to DCC Send
to
you, or DCC Chat with you. All
of these attempts are blocked by
PSYBNC. It will provide you
with an option to accept these
requests.
If you do nothing, they are
blocked. This feature is
helpful if others
attempt to DCC flood you, and to
avoid DCC Chats from
undesirables.
If you decide to accept the DCC,
it is uploaded to the bounce,
and
then port forwarded to your mIRC
client .. thereby hiding your
*real* IP Address from the
sender. This is a less
convenient, but
safer way to DCC.
To enable:
Type on /dccenable 1 in
any mIRC window, and enter |
Go ahead and try each
of them out. You can switch back and
forth using the commands shown. |
SUDDENLY UNABLE TO DCC FOR UNEXPLAINED REASON
For some reason, every so often I will
suddenly be unable to DCC. I am on the SAME computer, I haven't change
a thing, and it suddenly refuses to DCC.
I have found that
when this happens it might have been due to a hard
shutdown, maybe you were being packeted by someone, a
power surge, blue screen of death ?? Something
along those lines.
Possible solutions:
1) If this happens to you, the first
thing you need to check is your mIRC client. Go to Options -->
Connect --> Local Info. Check to make sure that mIRC did not revert
back to using the bouncer ip address. If it did, you will need to
change it back to your real Internet IP#. I don't know why this
happens, but it does occasionally. If this does not fix things try the
next solution.
2) Unplug your
modem, and then your router. Plug the modem back
in and wait about 1 minute .. then plug your router back
in. Now try to DCC. This usually fixes it
for me.
There are some
EXCEPTIONS that I want to mention:
I can only DCC over computers that
are HARD WIRED to the router. With a router only one machine will be
able to resolve identd. My
other computers, which operate solely on the wireless card cannot DCC, no
matter what I do. The bottom line is this: You
will probably not be able to run identd or be able to to DCC, from any computer that is solely connected
to the internet via the wireless card.
Best of luck with your DCC problems.
Hope this helps.
Sincerely,
CometBaby
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