Gene wrote: > I'm running 7.2 GENERIC and installed the unrealirc port. I've started it up > and can connect from localhost just fine. But when attempting to connect from > the outside world (eg. from another box on the lan) I get connection refused. > > I've tried both with and without ipfilter running (with appropriate rule). > Other ports are reachable including a non-standard port used for ssh. > > The question: Could there be any reason that port 6667 might be blocked? > (Unrealircd questions can be taken up elsewhere).
It's possible you've configured Unrealircd to only listen on localhost
and not on "*".
Look for something like:
| listen *:6697
| {
| ...
| };
And make sure it's "*" and not "127.0.0.1".
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Chris Cowart
Network Technical Lead
Network & Infrastructure Services, RSSP-IT
UC Berkeley
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