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One major problem is
that the computer you are attempting to DCC or establish
Identd from, is going on the internet via a wireless
card. If the computer is hard wired to your LAN it
will probably be able to run identd and DCC.
If the computer is running solely on the wireless
connection, chances are it cannot run identd, therefore
cannot DCC. Other than this .. the majority of the time, the problem is in how you have the Local Info configured. It's all about addresses when you DCC. Probably the next biggest reason is that a Firewall is blocking it. I have covered a list of those, and other possibilities that you can work through. Let's start with the obvious. We'll make sure mIRC knows your real IP Address.
1) FIND THE IP ADDRESS YOUR INTERNET PROVIDER HAS ASSIGNED TO
YOU
2)
IS "LOCAL INFO" CORRECTLY CONFIGURED IN mIRC ? Local Host: Leave empty (mIRC
will fill this in for you)
3)
IS mIRC LISTENING FOR DCC's ? If it doesn't say 59 .. change it to 59 and click OK before you close. Try to DCC .. if it is still not working, move on to the next possibility.
4)
IS WINDOWS FIREWALL BLOCKING YOU ? Let's check to see. Go to START, then Control Panel, and open the Windows Firewall icon. If it is ON, turn
it OFF .. Click OK.
If you do not have a
Personal Firewall, then you will want to go back and
turn Windows Firewall back on. You
are going to have to configure Windows Firewall so that
it will allow DCC to pass through it. Here is an
excellent source which explains how to do this. 5) IS YOUR SOFTWARE FIREWALL BLOCKING DCC ? Your Software Firewall could be blocking you
Probably the most popular
Software Firewalls are Zone Alarm, Norton Internet
Security and McAfee Internet Security Suite. Tell them you need to give mIRC permission to set Identd (port 113), and DCC (which means *act* as a server). 6) ARE YOU USING A HARDWARE FIREWALL ? The Hardware Firewall on your Router may be blocking DCC To test it:
7) DOES YOUR VIRUS PROTECTION THINK THAT DCC IS A VIRUS/WORM ? This is not likely, but you might want to check to be sure. Are you getting any messages that it finds a Worm or something when you try to DCC? It’s never a good idea to disable or turn off your Virus Protection and I won't advise it here. Sometimes an Anti Virus program will register a "false positive". If this is your problem, you will need to contact the maker of your Virus Protection to find out how to allow DCC.
8) STILL UNABLE
TO DCC?
Honestly, I think that
most of the DCC problems can be solved in #1 above. If
you have worked your way through this list and are still
not able to DCC, I recommend you join #mirc and
talk to some of the friendly people in there. They
may be able to think of some things I missed. 1) Wireless? I am only able to DCC (over my wireless network) on my computer that is hard wired to the net. My other computers, which operate solely on the wireless card cannot DCC, no matter what I do. I believe it is because your router assigns each computer a different IP# than your hard wired computer .. and the hard wired computer is the only *correct* IP# for DCC. 2) For some reason, every so often I will suddenly be unable to DCC. 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. I wish you great success!
Sincerely, |
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