Real Name... You can
enter your real name here, however most people usually enter a witty one-liner
or comment.
Email Address... You
must enter a full email address (like: khaled@mardam.demon.co.uk.)
Nickname and Alternative...
Your nickname is the name people will know you by when you join IRC. Remember
that there are many thousands of people on IRC, so it's possible that someone
might already be using the nickname you've chosen, so you should try to
pick something unique. You can enter an alternative nickname as well in
case someone is using your first nickname. If both nicknames are in use,
mIRC inserts "/nick" into the edit box so that all you have to do is enter
a new nickname and press enter.
Invisible Mode... If
you turn on the invisible mode switch, people will not be able to find
you on IRC unless they already know your nickname, or if you join a channel
or talk to them privately.
IRC Servers... You can
manage your list of IRC servers by using the add, edit, and delete buttons.
You can enter the following information for each IRC Server:
Description... This
can be any text you want and serves only as a description.
Address... This is the
IRC server address eg. irc.dal.net
Port Number... This
is usually 6667. If the server allows connections on different ports, you
can enter them all separated by commas eg. 6667,6668,6669 and mIRC will
pick one randomly each time it connects to the server.
Group Name... This allows
you to group servers together when they are sorted with the Sort button.
Password... This is
rarely required, so you should not have to enter anything here unless you
have been specifically told to.
Your Local Host and IP Address
are needed if you want to use the DCC capabilities of mIRC.
mIRC will try to look up these
values by itself and display them in the Setup dialog. However, if you
see the message Unable to resolve Local host or you are unable to initiate
DCC sessions, then changing the settings below might help.
If you see the message Unable
to resolve Local host with the 32bit version of mIRC , the problem might
be related to using a 16bit winsock, so you should try out the 16bit version
of mIRC to see if it works for you.
Local Host...
This is used to register with
the server and may be the part of your email address after the @ sign,
eg. if my email address is khaled@mardam.demon.co.uk, then I would enter
mardam.demon.co.uk here.
If you leave this box empty
then mIRC will try to get your local hostname by itself. However, if mIRC
replies with the message Unable to get local hostname then you will have
to fill in your local hostname manually. mIRC will then use whatever you
have entered to get your IP address...
IP Address...
This will normally be filled
in by mIRC and is here mainly for your information. mIRC looks up your
IP address and stores it in the mirc.ini file for future reference. This
way it doesn't have to look it up every time you want to connect.
If mIRC is having trouble getting
your IP address then you can enter this value manually and mIRC will assume
that it is correct. If this value is wrong you will still be able to log
on to IRC but you will not be able to initiate DCC Send/Chat sessions (you
will only be able to accept them).
On connect, always get...
These options are here because
of the different types of internet connections people have. Some people
have a fixed Local hostname and IP address, other have a dynamic Local
Hostname, others a dynamic IP address, and yet others have both. If you
don't know what kind of connection you have, leave both of these checked.
Selecting Always get Local
Host automatically turns on the Always get IP address option. De-selecting
the Always get IP address option automatically turns off the Always get
Local Host option.
IP Method...
If you find that mIRC is not
resolving your IP address correctly you might try changing from Normal
to Server or vice versa, which might solve the problem.
With the Normal method, mIRC
relies on your winsock to reply with the correct information.
With the Server method, mIRC
looks up your local host through the IRC Server, and then performs a /dns
on it to resolve it to an IP address.
The Server method will most
likely be slower, you can tell when it has been completed when you see
your DCC Send/Chat toolbar buttons enabled, and also when your DCC Send/Chat
menu items in the DCC menu become available.
This is pretty self explanatory
:-)
mIRC will set these values
by default. These functions will be covered in Level-400 training.
mIRC will set these values
by default. These functions will be covered in Level-400 training.
