How to add the new Server to mIRC 6.01 *pictures*

[Hasty8]

I'm pretty sure I know the answer to this one but if I'm behind a corporate firewall I'm pretty much stuck, right?

[Potatoboy]

pinto, awating error message.

Hasty8, You can give it a shot it may work if port 6667 is open.

[MikeCouves]

Originally posted by Hasty8
I'm pretty sure I know the answer to this one but if I'm behind a corporate firewall I'm pretty much stuck, right?

No Hasty you aren't screwed. If you can get some access to the information of the firewall such as: Hostname, User ID, Password, and Port. Also you need the Protocol of the firewall such as Socks4, Socks5, or Proxy. And what you want to enable the firewall for, server or dcc. I will post a picture of it in a minute.

[MikeCouves]

Okay for the firewall you're going to need some information about it. You should be able to that from your work, ISP, etc. Here's a pic of the firewall screen.

First go to this: (or File > Options)



Then you will see this, go to the bar on the side and choose "Firewall". This will come up. You need to find this information.

[MikeCouves]

Here's some additional help for Firewall:

mIRC can connect to an IRC Server through a Socks4, Socks5, or Proxy firewall.

The main purpose of this option is to allow access to IRC through a firewall at work, or more rarely through a network set up at home. The majority of home users should keep this option turned off.

Hostname
The address of your firewall server, can be either a named address or an IP address.

User ID
Can be the account or user name on your system. For most people this will be the User ID portion of their email address (the text before the @ sign).

Password
The password required to access the firewall.

Note: if you are connecting via a proxy, and you enter a password, mIRC only supports http proxy 'basic' authorization.

Port
This is usually 1080 for Socks firewalls.

Initiate DCCs through firewall
mIRC uses a passive protocol to establish DCC connections when a client is behind a Socks5 firewall.

This will not work with older versions of mIRC or other IRC clients because no standard exists. You can find out more about the protocol here.

Note: Socks4 and Proxy are limited in functionality, and only allow IRC server connections.

[bond1313]

Thanks potato that helped a lot.

[AGNH]

Thank you

Thank you for the instructions.

[pip_999]

potato boy

thanx man
finally got it workin

[1105]

mirc problem

i'm having a problem connecting to MIRC, i did everything like potato said but its not letting me connect to the AO srever... says my host is running version 2.8/hybrid-6.3 whats that mean? i've never used mirc before, please help me out

[Potatoboy]

You're connected!

just type "/join #automags"

[1105]

why does it say i'm not in a host channel when i type a message?

[1105]

forget about that last post, thanks potato

[CRASHKING]

so this saturday during the contest we will be in #automags?

[Krazy Ivan]

It says "can't resolve host name"

Any help on that?

[Potatoboy]

Make sure you're typing irc.automags.org

You most likely have a typo.