[SWLUG] DCC Chat in XChat (Linux)

[steve at nexusuk.org]

On Thu, 11 Aug 2005, Julian Hall wrote:

> Slightly OT I know, but it is Linux specific.  I can DCC Chat anyone in mIRC 
> in Windows, but any attempts in Linux using XChat fall flat on their face. 
> The connection just hangs and eventually times out.
>
> Any suggestions please?

Have you checked your firewall settings?  DCC makes a direct connection 
between the clients instead of directing all the traffic through the 
server so will be upset by firewalls, NAT, etc in the way.

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