Server connections stuck at "Found your hostname" (irssi)
reddit / irc

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[deleted] · 2012-11-19 17:07

Whenever I try to connect to any IRC server using irssi at home, the
connection gets stuck after the message "Found your hostname".

I have this problem on every machine in my network using irssi. (both
windows and linux builds) Any other client like mIRC works fine.

    17:59 -!- Irssi: Looking up irc.oftc.net
    17:59 -!- Irssi: Connecting to irc.oftc.net [207.192.72.99] port
6667
    17:59 -!- Irssi: Connection to irc.oftc.net established
    17:59 !weber.oftc.net *** Looking up your hostname...
    17:59 !weber.oftc.net *** Checking Ident
    17:59 !weber.oftc.net *** Found your hostname

Any ideas at all? Irssi configuration?

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arcalion · 2012-11-19 22:23

Does it eventually connect after that?  I'm assuming it does, if mirc
works fine.  mIRC has a built-in identd server, which is the point at
which your connection attempt pauses.  It usually takes a little bit
to fail to find an identd server and then continues with your
connection.

Identd is what appears in the hostmask before the @.  If you aren't
running identd, most ircds will put a ~ before your ident, after the
delay.

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localtoast · 2012-11-20 12:11

For me, freenode fills in what's in my ISP's hostname for my
connection (*.fibreop.nb.bellaliant.net) or when logged in with
NickServ, my hostmask (unaffliated/$USERNAME_ON_FREENODE

But yeah, irssi takes a *little* time for this.

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Bennythen00b · 2012-11-20 14:46

No, the connection will die after a while, reconnect, and get stuck
again.

>Identd is what appears in the hostmask before the @. If you aren't
running identd, most ircds will put a ~ before your ident, after the
delay.

My username? *user*@host?

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arcalion · 2012-11-23 01:09

Shouldn't time out like that just because you don't have identd
running (yeah, identd is the service that serves your username
(user@host)).  Have you tried connecting to a server other than the
oftc.net one and see if it works?

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Bennythen00b · 2012-11-23 06:56

Happens with every server. What's weird is that irssi has worked fine
for me before, both on my linux based machines and my windows 7
machines. It just suddenly... stopped working across my whole home
network for whatever reason. I'm so weirded out by this.

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arcalion · 2012-11-23 22:16

It is weird.  Try launching mIRC, and in the options under the
"connect" section, make sure that "Enable identd server" is enabled in
the Identd section, and that you have something typed in to the ident
box.  Then leave mirc disconnected, but running, and try connecting
using irssi.  That will at least rule out an identd issue.

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Bennythen00b · 2012-11-24 17:55

No go I'm afraid. Seems irssi just hates my network for some reason.