This section will help you solve common problems you may encounter when trying to connect to IRC. While not every single connection problem can be covered, we have provided the most common problems and solutions.

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Step One: Choosing an IRC client.

To connect to an IRC Server, you must have an IRC Client. There are many different types, depending on what Operating System (OS) you are using. Also, you may use our JAVA IRC Client right here from the website.

Step Two: Connecting to an IRC network.

Once you have your client installed, you need to tell it where to connect. Here, we will use mIRC as an example, as it is the most widely-used Client. When you start the program, a dialog box will appear, or you can select it from the options. It will look something like this :

(1) In the IRC Server option you need to select DynastyNet . The basic configuration settings for DynastyNet are included with the mIRC program. If you are not using mIRC, the settings are:

Server: irc.dynastynet.net
Port: 6667

(2) In the Full Name and E-Mail fields, you can use your name, or nickname, and your email address. Note that neither of these have to be real, if you do not want others on the net to know your identity.

(3) In the Nickname and Alternate fields, choose a nickname (or handle) that you want to use for IRC Chat. You may also specify and alternative in case your first choice is already taken by another user.

OK ! You're almost there. now click the Connect to IRC Server button if you're using mIRC, or a similar connect button for most other clients. If you do not see a connect button, or are using a text-based client, you may use the following syntax to connect to DynastyNet:

/server irc.dynastynet.net

Now.. you should see a screen much like the following. we'll go over it. step by step:

*** Connecting to chaos.ma.us.dynastynet.net (6667) <-This is the server you are connected to.
-chaos.ma.us.dynastynet.net- *** Looking up your hostname...
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-chaos.ma.us.dynastynet.net- *** Checking ident...
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-chaos.ma.us.dynastynet.net- *** Checking for open socks server...
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-chaos.ma.us.dynastynet.net- *** Found your hostname
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*** Identd request from 209.213.76.242
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*** Identd replied: 1195, 6667 : USERID : UNIX : ident
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-chaos.ma.us.dynastynet.net- *** Received identd response
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-chaos.ma.us.dynastynet.net- *** No socks server found (good!)...<-This is good. Open socks are bad.
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-chaos.ma.us.dynastynet.net- *** If you are having problems connecting due to ping timeouts, please type /quote pong 55DD8A or /raw pong 55DD8A now.<-If you keep getting disconnecting, follow the directions here.
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Welcome to the DynastyNet.Net IRC Network JohnD!ident@modem-12-47-yourisp.com
Your host is chaos.ma.us.dynastynet.net, running version Unreal-IRCd Modified for DynastyNet
CONGRATULATIONS! You're now connected :-).

Thats all there is to it. if you made it this far, type /join #dynasty_help and we'll be glad to help you from there :-)

and... Welcome to the wonderful world of IRC !

Still Can't Connect?

If you're still having problems connecting, use our Java IRC Client right here on the website to connect to us, and we will walk you through solving your problem.