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Re: BitchX and IP address
On 0, Adi Stav <stav@actcom.co.il> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 18, 2000 at 02:12:14PM -0500, Subba Rao wrote:
> > The BitchX on my system works fine for most of my accounts.
> > One account is not able to connect to any of the IRC servers on
> > any IRC nets. The user and the client go with an IP address
> > that does not exist.
> >
> > Connecting to port 6667 of server irc.efnet.org [refnum 0]
> > Closing Link: user1[~user1@129.37.44.109] irc.concentric.net (No authorization: -2)
> > Connection closed from irc.efnet.org: Success
> >
> > I do not know how the IP address 129.37.44.109 came about. I have recompiled
> > my BitchX and the same problem persists. I have deleted ~/user1/.BitchX and it
> > still continues.
> >
> > My system has squid but it is only for caching purposes. There is no IRC related
> > blocks.
> >
> > Any pointers appreciated.
>
> Hmm...
>
> ----------------------snip--------------------------------------------
> adi@fred:~$ nslookup 129.37.44.109
> Server: actcom.co.il
> Address: 192.114.47.1
>
> Name: slip-129-37-44-109.mi.us.prserv.net
> Address: 129.37.44.109
> ----------------------snip--------------------------------------------
>
> Trivial pointers, but just to cover the bases...
>
> IIRC, the user logging into an IRC server states their IP address
> inside the IRC protocol. Could this alone be wrong here, or is this an
> IP-level problem?
>
> Is masquerading in use? Port-forwarding?
>
> Is the wrong IP reported even when connecting to localhost? Or
> somewhere inside huji? Maybe it's a routing problem outside huji...
>
> Is it BitchX-specific? IRC-specific? Port-specific?
>
> - Adi Stav
>
I do have IP masquerading on. What I have noticed is that it is
happening against efnet network. I can connect fine to undernet network.
Subba Rao
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