IRC is fine, but Hexchat demands I unblock ports to use passive bots.
How do I do this?
reddit / irc

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i_literally_died · 2021-05-28 20:05

TP-Link calls Port Forwarding 'Virtual Servers', but no matter what I
do, I can't see to get it to work.

[Settings](https://imgur.com/eQrchnx)

I can set IRC to look at whatever ports I need, but most things
recommend 5000-5010, but no matter what IP address and ports I put in
here, transferes from passive bots don't get past connecting. Normal
bots are fine. Using MIRC itself is fine.

If I fully enable the DMZ to my computer's IP, the passive bots work,
so I know there's something I must be able to change.

Help!

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Revolutionary_Cydia · 2021-05-28 20:38

Just use a remote server running irssi. [Doc](https://irssi.org) and
[Scripts](https://scripts.irssi.org).

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m1ss1ontomars2k4 · 2021-05-28 20:57

That's because you have unblocked the wrong port. 6667 is the port on
the server that you connect to, not the port that bots will use to
connect to you.

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i_literally_died · 2021-05-28 21:07

Sweet. That did it.

I'm sure I tried putting 5000-5012 in there to match my Hexchat
settings and it didn't work, but such is the wonderful world of IT.

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spryfigure · 2021-05-29 07:12

Who uses irssi in 2021 when you can have Weechat?

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i_literally_died · 2021-07-18 12:04

Is there any reason this would have randomly stopped working again?
I'm 99% sure it was fine, but now everything is refusing to connect
again.

Settings:

https://imgur.com/qa1scO8

https://imgur.com/IfcpAwZ

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NoisyPine · 2022-11-13 15:39

Weechat does not support passive dcc.