Did I get banned from a server?
reddit / irc

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Lint6 · 2014-08-02 19:36

Using MIRC, I was on a server today which will remain nameless.  I got
DC'd and autoreconnected.

After it reconnected, nothing I typed in did anything.  /list didn't
bring up the channel list, /join #help didn't commect me to their help
channel, /nick doesn't even show that I change my name.

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MillenniumFalc0n · 2014-08-02 19:39

If you were networked banned you wouldn't be able to connect at all

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Lint6 · 2014-08-02 19:43

Ok, so the fact I see the whole "users online" etc screen is good?
When I enter /list something I get "listing in progress" but nothing
ever appears on the screen.  Having tried Mbitt and Kiwi I get the
same results.

I did email their admins, just haven't gotten a response

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Karunamon · 2014-08-02 20:43

That sounds like a network connectivity issue of some kind. Every ban
that can be laid on a user will tell you upon connect.

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cecilmx6 · 2014-08-03 05:17

Try reconnecting from a different connection.  Does sound like a
network issue to me as well.  Read the motd could require you to
register.

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faghat · 2014-08-03 06:30

You could be shunned. A SHUN is more or less the equivalent to a
reddit shadowban.

It's not universal but it is on a lot of (large) networks. A shun is
more of a 'fuck you' than something like a Z-line, and is usually
applied when a K/Z-line fails (evading the ban from a different
connection, for example), so I don't think there's a large possibility
this will apply. That said, it's still a potential reason.

A shunned user is typically set +Dg (deaf and caller-id, so they
cannot receive any incoming channel or private messages).
Additionally, all commands sent by the user are effectively mulled by
the server (so any command - NICK, PRIVMSG, WHOIS, LIST etc don't
work). In essence, a shunned user cannot sent or received any
messages.

Shuns are typically applied to a nick, but can be set on hosts, too.

I feel this is a huge long shot, and your problem is likely due to
some connectivity problem, but the fact that you experience the issue
on mIRC, mibbit and KiwiIRC kind of rule that out (in my mind,
anyway).

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boo_ood · 2014-08-03 06:43

Technically incorrect, a lot of IRCds have "shun", which simply
ignores user commands if the client matches the mask.

Almost nobody actually uses this though, it's pretty stupid, easier
just to hand out a *line

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Lint6 · 2014-08-03 07:23

Yea thanks guys, I don't know what happened but a few hours later it
was cleared up.  Seems like it was just a connection issue

It would show the MOTD, but if I entered /motd, it wouldn't do
anything.  I had even tried downloading mIRC on my laptop and
connecting to the wifi (my desktop is wired in) and it still didn't
work.  So yea it was a network issue it seems.

Thanks!