OT: Anyone Set up a Microsoft Base Station (router) for mIRC?

Hello, guy named Steve,

If you open the hood of your Mustang, look just behind the egr valve and you will find the mIRC port. Twiddle it with your finger until you find the small opening that is the vacuum inlet. Suck on this until it squirts a little hydraulic fluid into your mouth. It may not fix your problem, but it will sure give your pony a little git up and go.

John

Get on IRC and go to Illusion.il.us.Excursion-Irc.com:6667 join #help Talk to Netoverlord or Waquario or any of the main ops in there they can help you Tell them Gumby619 sent you They are IRC gurus :-)

Gumby619

Hmmm, haven't had a Mustang since I sold my 91 notch to another RAMFM'er about 4 years ago.

Can you tell me where they put the mIRC port on a Buick 455?

Steve

...oh yeah, it's "A Guy Named Steve"

Hmmm... at this time I can't get on IRC.

But none-the-less, methinks that these gentlemen would probably be quite eager to "help" me.

Steve Something up my sleeve

Probably a clogged IAC valve.

Dana

Checked it and cleaned the throttle body while I was there.

Steve Something up my sleeve

Well, instead of following the pack and giving you a hard time because of the OT subject, I'll ask what model base station you are trying to set up? I'm using the MS MN-500. I have the MN-510 adapter hooked up to my mom's computer and just today she asked me to open up a port so she could get on EarthCam's Broadcaster.

To open up a port, just log into the base station's management tool and go to Security>Port Forwarding and set up persistent port forwarding.

Do you use AIM by any chance?

Gumby619

Thanks,

I did put "OT" in the original subject of the original post.

I've got the MN-500. I did go to the Persistent Port Forwarding page, but... then what? I see the boxes that I "assume" I would put the ports needed for mIRC. Then there's the box for the IP address. Which address is this, and does it stay the same in the router?

Thanks,

Steve Something up my sleeve

Yep, I do.

Steve

I can probably hook you up with one of the aforementioned people on aim if you would like....:-)

Gumby619

I'm Zzerber on AIM BTW

"I think its a Ford"

Isn't that IP assigned by the router? Then there's the "lease period" for it???

I did put the IP, as I know it to be, in that box along with the ports that I was told need to be opened. That didn't seem to do it though.

Steve

Pages 65-68 in the MN-500 manual goes over the procedures for port forwarding.

Something else must be wrong. I was given the port range needed, chose my IP number from the base station (same one the other persistent port forwarding is using), plugged in the numbers along with port 113 for ident. It still times out while waiting for it to connect. I dunno.

Steve

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Opening ports for IRC...not a good idea. The IP address is because when you are behind something like a NAT or router, you have a private IP adress like 192.168.x.x. The IP address setting basically sets the pseudo address to a static address and will broadcast that address. Hackers love this by the way cause an automatic sniffer will register that IP address as active and the race is on.

Why not use Microsoft's own PnP (not to be comfused with Plug n Play) protocol on the router (should be there, enable it) and then set you IRC (mIRC) client to enable PnP. This gets you the same result as opening up a port and setting a static IP without actually doing either one of these very unadviseable things.

Makes sense, since it's not working for me - I've disabled it.

And how do I go about doing this?

Thanks,

Steve Something up my sleeve

Steve, I don't use the Microsoft product so I don't know exactly where that setting is located. I use a Linksys, not that it matters. Look in the index for PnP or if all else fails, contact support.

The caviat of all this is the other party(ies) must also be using PnP. An alternative to PnP is to use a Directory Service like Microsoft used to offer free with Netmeeting. For some reason they discontinued the free service and now offer it as do others as a fee service. Again, both parties must belong to the service.

A third and final solution is to get a static IP address from your ISP. This usually involves an additional fee. Again this will make you more vulnerable to hackers so a good firewall is a must. You then forward the IRC request through the router. The router is essentially outside the firewall and broadcasting the IP and your private network sits behind this and gets the IRC request and traffic forwarded to your private network. Not as bad as totally openning up a port.

Either way, always check you ports and security whenever you make ANY changes by going to a free (and reputable) site such as

Thanks,

It's not a big enough deal for me to get to this chatroom (dal.net via mIRC). I can do it on the web, I just have to be a "guest".

I need to go back to dslreports again. I did it while I was using the DLink router and they couldn't get through. I haven't done it since I went to the MS router.

Steve