DCC Problems on LAN

Andrew · Post by **Andrew** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 11:29 am

I am running the latest eggdrop on the same box as the IRCD Server that I am wanting to connect to. I found that the only way I could get the eggdrop to connect to the server was via 127.0.0.1

Trouble is I cannot DCC Chat with the bot from my Windows Box (connected by a LAN DSL Router)and when I try '/ctcp bot chat' it can't connect.

any suggestions?

Petersen · Post by **Petersen** » Sat Jan 19, 2002 12:12 am

If you force the bot to use 127.0.0.1, its gonna be bound to that ip, and you'll never get any connections to/from it except from 127.0.0.1 due to routing rules. Set $my-ip to you box's public ip in conf, and try connect the bot to the server on that ip. If that doesnt work then your routing tables are messed up, so i suggest you fix them.

Andrew · Post by **Andrew** » Sat Jan 19, 2002 12:22 am

Thanks Petersen I have fixed the problem it was due to the firewall not allowing external access.

BBBS · Post by **BBBS** » Sat Jan 19, 2002 11:59 pm

if you have certain reouters as your DSL link, they seem to not work, eg. they drop requests for the outside IP.. eg, try going to your external ip in a web browser. (x.x.x.x) i found a firewall solved my probs, with using some drastic port redirects.! It's to do with the local ip (normally nat'ed) not being seen

BBBS · Post by **BBBS** » Sun Jan 20, 2002 12:00 am

even worse... i didn't read the replies (shooting myself)