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[maclimes]

Chat problems

[bill]

What software or link are you using to connect?

[maclimes]

I'm afraid I'm not great at that kind of thing, so I'll tell you what I do know:

I'm using Internet Explorer 6.0, and I'm getting there by clicking on the link on the ilovebees wiki, which points me here: http://www.marthasboardinghouse.com/cgi-bin/irc.cgi

I then type in my username, select #beekeepers, and bam. That "error". It had been working fine for the past few weeks. No idea what's going on.

[sapagoo]

Re: Chat problems

[maclimes]

Dang it... from there, I get a different problem. It attempts to connect, and then says:

Unable to connect to server
Connection Closed

Then it tries a few others, but they all return the same message.

[maclimes]

Thanks for the help... I seem to be in now.

[BrianEnigma]

The Java applet (at Unfiction) connects directly to the IRC server. Since the program runs in the browser on your own machine (instead of on the server), a virtually unlimited number of people can use this simultaneously. The only drawback is that if you are behind a secure firewall (for instance, at an office, dorm, or computer lab with a restrictive network policy), it will be unable to connect to the IRC server.

The web browser version (at Martha's Boarding House) bounces your connection through the web server. Because of the IRC connection limit over at chat-solutions, only three people can connect at a time because it does a simple count of connections per source IP address. Also, each connection adds a chunk of server load and sizable amount of memory usage because the app is running on the web server instead of in your browser. Bouncing the connection through the web server means it bypasses strict firewalls.

So, here is a note for everyone: if you can successfully connect with the Java applet, then that would be the thing to use--so you are not "tying up the connection" for those that need to use the web client. If you are using the web client and get the above error, just try again in 5 or 10 minutes. Eventually someone will leave willingly or will idle too long and get dropped.

[AnthraX101]

So Space, wanna try and convince Jick or Benjamin to let the CGI IRC server have many connections?

AnthraX101

[SpaceBass]

[vpisteve]

[konamouse]

[vpisteve]

No, that would be back from my vacation.