Problems signing on mIRC when setup on SMC Router

[uOoGLy]

Hi people. I'm new to this forum but I'm having trouble signing on to mIRC when I installed my SMC Barricade 4 port router. mIRC kept telling me that they're having trouble with my IDENTD. What is that? Do you guys have any solutions? I'm using @home cable service with a SMC Router. Thanks...

 

[obenton]

I believe it's to confirm your IP address. The IRC server sends an ident message to your IP address, and the response it gets confirms the address. When the ident request comes in on a particular port, the proxy doesn't know which computer is listening on that port, doesn't know where to send it, so it dies. I recall that the NAT32 manual, when I last read it many months ago, had a discussion of the issue, and the NAT32 web site had a link to an identd program that could solve the problem. An alternative would be to set the IRC computer as the DMZ computer, which would allow it to get all unknown port packets.

 

[trend]

what is it is that your cable carrier (@home , the same one I have) has had some bad cookies.... Some people that were banned from using Dalnet and other mirc servers.

what your router is doing is blocking your Ident port that is open on your computer (you opened this port in mirc so you could get online with mirc, am I correct? it is port 113).
what you have to do is make your router/firewall map your port 113 to your router or not block that port.

(i have @home and had the same problem with mirc, but this will fix it)

 

[uOoGLy]

thanks guys... i'll try them both out and i'll keep you update with what happens.

 

[uOoGLy]

Yes!! Thank you... I opened up port 113 and worked. Thanks again.