Re: IRC problems

Hi Benjamin,

On Jul 10, 2008, at 13:28 , Benjamin Nguyen wrote:
> I am behind a firewall, and I usually connect to IRC using the web  
> interface, however on my computer for some undetermined reason (I'm  
> using Windows XP) I have tremendous lag receiving information from  
> IRC. Surprisingly, the information I type seems to go out "in real  
> time" but I get feedback only minutes later. On of my collegues also  
> connecter to the IRC web interface but using linux has no lag... so  
> I'd say even the web IRC can be dodgy, in my case it is.

This is unlikely to be due to your OS, it can be caused by any number  
of factors.

However what José was suggesting wasn't to use the web interface, but  
rather to connect to IRC using port 80 (which firewalls routinely keep  
open) and a regular IRC client.

-- 
Robin Berjon - http://berjon.com/

Received on Thursday, 10 July 2008 13:31:01 UTC