Can someone explain how to set up a irc bouncer for Windows to me?
reddit / irc

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CaptainAwesome93 · 2011-09-21 08:36

I have a desktop which is on 24/7. I also use a laptop, but I switch
that on and off a lot. So i was wondering if I could set up an IRC
bouncer on my desktop so that I don't have to log in and out 20 times
a day? Is it also possible I can access this from outside my network,
such if I were at uni and not at home? I tried ZNC, but I didn't
understand what was happening.

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DRW_ · 2011-09-21 11:50

I was in the same situation was you. Was connecting from my laptop a
lot, and putting it to sleep and closing it was causing me to keep
disconnecting.

I chose ZNC for Windows and ran it as a service on my PC, but now, I
run it on my VPS.

http://wiki.znc.in/Configuration
http://code.google.com/p/znc-msvc/wiki/ServiceSetup

During the znc --makeconf process, enable the web admin module (it'll
ask you if you want to), it makes creating new users, new servers and
configuring current settings much easier. (It'll run on the same port
as configure the bouncer to run on).

Just reply back if you have any more questions or troubles.

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microchip08 · 2011-09-21 16:16

See also, [Quassel](http://quassel-irc.org/).

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eggbean · 2011-09-21 23:34

Just curious, but why do you run a Windows VPS?  I use Windows as much
as Linux, but would never use Windows for network stuff, as Linux is
better for everything in that area.  If you need to run .NET apps on
IIS you could use Windows Azure instead, and for Exchange there is
Office 365.

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DRW_ · 2011-09-22 01:09

Oh I don't run a Windows VPS (bleh). I'm running CentOS on my VPS, ZNC
is cross-platform, I just ran ZNC on my Windows desktop for a while
(for the same reason as mentioned in the OP), but when I bought a VPS
(for another reason) I threw it on there.

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eggbean · 2011-09-22 01:13

Hmmn, but you did say that you "chose ZNC for Windows", and you linked
to znc-msvc.

I run znc on Debian and it has only crashed once in over a year, last
night.  From my discussions on #znc, it looks like there is a memory
addressing bug in v0.200 which has been fixed for the next release.

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DRW_ · 2011-09-22 01:16

> Hmmn, but you did say that you "chose ZNC for Windows", and you
linked to znc-msvc.

Aye, because I did, at first. Also, I linked to that because the OP is
looking for a Windows solution to run on his desktop, and because I
had past experience I just threw what I did at him.

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austindkelly · 2011-10-08 19:38

I am looking for a cheep or free place to run ZNC, anyone have any
ideas?