How to reconnect periodically?
reddit / irc

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Hqjjciy6sJr · 2019-12-26 12:06

I have an unstable mobile connection and my connection drops once in a
while or I get a new IP and that causes the channels that I am on to
kick me out or not recognize my registered nick until I exit
**HexChat** and re-open it manually.

Is there any way to make my IRC client disconnect and reconnect
periodically ?

OS: Windows 10

Thanks!

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autisticCatnip · 2019-12-26 14:37

Honestly, you should consider using ZNC if your connection is that
bad. You won't lose any messages that way, and you also won't spam
other people with joins/quits. The join/quit spam will *really* bother
everyone else in the channels you're in, so I'd strongly recommend
*not* disconnecting and reconnecting periodically.

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MechMaster48 · 2019-12-26 15:21

I also suggest ZNC highly. For a long time I just had a raspberry pi
sitting on my router running ZNC. It’s incredibly easy to setup and
the documentation is fantastic. My current setup is a 5 dollar VPS on
Linode running ZNC and connect to it.

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Hqjjciy6sJr · 2019-12-26 17:10

Thanks for the suggestion but that looks like above my head... also my
setup is very ghetto, consisting of a mobile hotspot and a laptop.
setting up a server is out of the question.

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MechMaster48 · 2019-12-26 18:32

Then I would suggest irccloud. It will keep you connected 24/7 and it
works on mobile and in browser.  It’s 5 dollars a month and has a
bunch of benefits and simple enough to setup for anyone.
(https://www.irccloud.com)

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arnauldb · 2019-12-27 14:25

Weechat as a relay on a server...

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chemtrailz · 2019-12-27 17:45

ZNC has a list of free providers on their website:
https://wiki.znc.in/Providers

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Hqjjciy6sJr · 2019-12-27 21:30

Thanks!