connection to a channel

amelieamelie · Guest

Ok, hello im a new user here and i have some problems connecting to channels. Iread the help section and a couple of posts on the forum but didnt find my answer, I verified my java and its perfect.
First, I searched for the channel i was looking for and clicked to get connected, it opens and says :connecting to us.irchighway.net 6667.......and it wont go any further, i waited long enough to believe it might not be normal! I also tried with another channel in case it was a channel problem and i also tried at another time of the day but didnt work either.
So here i dont know what to do or if i did something i shouldnt have done, like i said im new here and maybe i just didnt get it!
Anyway thanks a lot for reading and hopefully you can help!

SATAN-HHH · Eleet Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 942 Location: Texas

Try using just their roundrobin, irc.irchighway.net IRCHighway had reset everything to where you can connect with just that due to multiple ddos attacks they'd sustained lately. That should get you on there.

amelieamelie · Guest

thanks for taking tme to help me, but could you explain to me what exactly is a roundrobin...?? thanks again

PingBad · Posted: Aug 18, 2005 4:34pm Post subject:

A round robin is a URL that points to multiple IP addresses, when it is accessed, one of the ip addresses is picked out and used.

Snerf · Newbie Joined: 15 Sep 2004 Posts: 76 Location: IRC

Just to clarify, us.irchighway.net 6667 is not a channel, but a server name.

amelieamelie · Guest

alright thanks for helping, im getting there but still what do i have to do specifictly to use a round robin? sorry, this sound like chinese to me!

SATAN-HHH · Eleet Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 942 Location: Texas

just use it like you would a regular server name

Example:

/server irc.irchighway.net

or if u specify a port

/server irc.highway.net:6667

Sparks · none Joined: 15 Mar 2006 Posts: 3

how do i connect to a channel that has a password?

how do i connect to a different channel thats invite only?

XVar · Newbie Joined: 21 Sep 2005 Posts: 97

Sparks · none Joined: 15 Mar 2006 Posts: 3

but how do i connect to those using searchIRC Java platform? I know how to get into the channels using a program like mIRC...but i've never had to use searchIRC to get on to a channel thats password protected, or invite only

Sparks · none Joined: 15 Mar 2006 Posts: 3

is there any one on these forums that can answer my question?

Or does no one use this forums?

MiNiOn · none Joined: 20 Jan 2006 Posts: 33