Problem Networks

There are IRC networks that have connection issues when using the Mibbit IRC client.

• Some of these issues are simply you selecting an inappropriate server and port combination for your chosen network.
  • Read on for suggestions.
• Some of these issues are temporary, and should clear up on their own.
• Some of these issues are on going, and may or may not be cleared up in what we might consider a 'reasonable' time.
• Some of these issues are for all intents and purposes, permanent. It does not appear that any change is possible.

Azzurra

Azzura only allows Mibbit Clients to connect to two servers, mibbit.irc.azzurra.org or tophost.azzurra.org

• If you use the pulldown selection from the Main Mibbit Client, this server is selected.
• If you want to use a Mibbit Widget, you would set &server=mibbit.irc.azzurra.org or &server=tophost.azzurra.org in your URL.

DALnet

DALnet

• The DALnet[webirc] in the server dropdown of the main client now uses a server w/o user limits (which will be the case for all their servers eventually, work in progress). Please use the server=halcyon.dal.net for now to connect to their network.

DoDear

Dodear only allows Mibbit Clients to connect to one server on a specific port, chat.dodear.com:8067

• DoDear has their own Mibbit chat
• If you want to use a Mibbit Widget, you would set &server=chat.dodear.com%3A8067 in your URL.

EFnet

EFNet only allows Mibbit Clients to connect to two servers, irc.umich.edu or irc.paraphysics.net .

• If you use the pulldown selection from the Main Mibbit Client, irc.umich.edu is selected.
• If you want to use a Mibbit Widget, you would set &server=irc.umich.edu (or irc.paraphysics.net) in your URL.
• EFNet also has their own web client.

EpiKnet

EpiKnet only allows Mibbit Clients to connect to one server on a specific port, mibbit.epiknet.org:6662

• If you use the pulldown selection from the Main Mibbit Client, this server is selected.
• EpiKnet has their own web client.
• EpiKnet has their own java client.
• If you want to use a Mibbit Widget, you would set &server=mibbit.epiknet.org%3A6662 in your URL.

euIRC

euIRC only allows Mibbit Clients to connect to one server on a specific port, webchat.euirc.net:7000

• If you use the pulldown selection from the Main Mibbit Client, this server is selected.
• euIRC has their own web client.
• euIRC has their own java client.
• If you want to use a Mibbit Widget, you would set &server=webchat.euirc.net%3A7000 in your URL.
  • Users are reporting a dead connection, and this News Item seems to indicate that the problem is on euIRC's end. 2010/Dec/10

Freenode

Freenode does not allow any Mibbit client to connect.

• Freenode has their own web client.
• This is a closed issue, there is no discussion possible. Do not pester Mibbit Staff why. Do not pester Freenode staff why not.

GalaxyNet

GalaxyNet appears to allow only 10 Mibbit Clients per server.

• GalaxyNet has their own java client.
• Sometimes, a single server shares multiple server names.
• Basically, if you get in you are in, otherwise you get the Too many connections error.

GameSurge

• recommends to use "irc.web.gamesurge.net" (standard port 6667, their round-robin for WEBIRC enabled servers) or "webirc.gamesurge.net:6007".

ICQ

ICQ has no specific support for Mibbit Clients.

• ICQ has their own flash client.
• The ICQ IRC server is unable to support Mibbit webirc, as it seems to be based on a very old version of IRC software, irc-m05.icq.aol.com Unreal3.2.1.
• Basically, if you get in you are in, otherwise you get the Too many connections error.

IrcHighway

IrcHighway only allows Mibbit Clients to connect to one server, webchat.irchighway.net

• If you use the pulldown selection from the Main Mibbit Client, this server is selected.
• IrcHighway has their own web client.
• If you want to use a Mibbit Widget, you would set &server=webchat.irchighway.net in your URL.

IRCNet

IRCNet only allows Mibbit Clients to connect to one server, ircnet.eversible.com:6665 and appear to allow only 100 Mibbit Clients. Sometimes all mibbitians are klined though.

• IRCnet has their own web client.
• Basically, if you get in you are in, otherwise you get the Too many connections error.

OTFC

OTFC only allows /up to/ 100 Mibbit clients to connect.

• Basically, if you get in (using irc.otfc.net) you are in, otherwise you get the "Too many connections..." or any other error message.
• OTFC does not have their own web client.
• This is a closed issue, there is no discussion possible. Do not pester Mibbit Staff why. Do not pester OTFC staff why not.

PreToMe

PreToMe does not allow any Mibbit client to connect.

• irc.PreToMe.net does not appear to have their own web or java client.

QuakeNet

QuakeNet does not allow any Mibbit client to connect.

• Quakenet has their own web client.
• This is a closed issue, there is no discussion possible. Do not pester Mibbit Staff why. Do not pester QuakeNet staff why not.

RevolutionTT

RevTT does allow Mibbit clients to connect, but at seemingly random times, the Mibbit client is banned from their help channel.

• RevTT has their own web client.

StarChat

StarChat does not allow any Mibbit client to connect.

• StarChat has their own java client.

SwiftIRC

SwiftIRC only allows Mibbit Clients to connect to one server on a specific port, webirc.swiftirc.net:5003

• If you use the pulldown selection from the Main Mibbit Client, this server is selected.
• If you want to use a Mibbit Widget, you would set &server=webirc.swiftirc.net%3A5003 in your URL.
• SwiftIRC has their own web client.
• SwiftIRC has their own java client.

TheBox

TheBox.bz does not allow any Mibbit client to connect.

• TheBox.bz does not appear to have their own web or java client.

TorrentLeech

TorrentLeech does not allow any Mibbit client to connect.

• TorrentLeech has their own java client.

UnderNet

• Currently they seem to allow only a total of 36 Mibbit users. Basically, if you get in you are in, otherwise you get the "Too many connections..." or any other error message like "Bad username". Try IRC.Undernet.org or EU.Undernet.org .
• UnderNet has their own java client.

Wotnet

Wotnet only allows Mibbit Clients to connect to one server on a specific port, using SSL, uk.wotnet.com:+9000

• If you use the pulldown selection from the Main Mibbit Client, this server is selected.
• If you want to use a Mibbit Widget, you would set &server=uk.wotnet.com%3A%2B9000 in your URL.
• Wotnet does not appear to have their own web or java client.