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What ports should i open for dcc chats to work?
What ports should i open for dcc chats to work?
I have the eggdrop behind a firewall, yep i know there are nat settings in the .conf file but I was wondering if there are default dcc ports that are used for the bot, and what needs to be forwarded by the router so that one can dcc chat to it? I got a linksys router, dont think it should affect the answer, but i thought i'd mention it just in case.
For CHAT, only the listening port(s) you set it to listen on. And for SEND,AxS wrote:Does any one know what dcc ports the bot listens to on default?
a random port within $reserved-portrange (1024-65536 by default)
Last edited by user on Sun Aug 31, 2003 4:07 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Shouldn't be neccessary to open any other port. I run 2 eggdrops behind a nat firewall and these are the only ports I have open and forwarded.
None of my users had ever a problem to dcc a bot.
If you can't dcc the bots from inside your LAN, try /ctcp botname chat
this will iniciate a reverse connection and works fine for me.
None of my users had ever a problem to dcc a bot.
If you can't dcc the bots from inside your LAN, try /ctcp botname chat
this will iniciate a reverse connection and works fine for me.
Thanx for the assistance guys 
Darmoth, you were right bout not needing to open up more ports, i did a dcc chat from a puter outside of the lan (via internet) works fine, but on the lan is a different matter
I tried the ctcp chat method, but for some reason bot lets me on and i get kicked off - i think its because of my dcc host protection (doesnt let unknown hosts to login via dcc chat) just need to know what host it sees and add it to my handle i suppose. I'll have to test it out.
Darmoth, you were right bout not needing to open up more ports, i did a dcc chat from a puter outside of the lan (via internet) works fine, but on the lan is a different matter
I tried the ctcp chat method, but for some reason bot lets me on and i get kicked off - i think its because of my dcc host protection (doesnt let unknown hosts to login via dcc chat) just need to know what host it sees and add it to my handle i suppose. I'll have to test it out.
Inside a Lan dcc will be a problem if you are behind a nat firewall.
As I said, the /ctcp works for me, but I have to admit, I normaly just use the good old telnet to connect to the bots running from a server in my lan.
To make it a bit more comfortable, either get putty or secureCRT or look for a telnet addon script for your IRC Client.
As I said, the /ctcp works for me, but I have to admit, I normaly just use the good old telnet to connect to the bots running from a server in my lan.
To make it a bit more comfortable, either get putty or secureCRT or look for a telnet addon script for your IRC Client.