IRC Help!

[FlushaDev]

Hi everyone, I'm trying to setup my own irc server and while I was configuring it I came across this (Picture I attached), which IP should I set to listen on, my localhost? (127.0.0.1) or my public IP? All ports are forwarded and ready

[Sniperfox47]

15 minutes ago, FlushaDev said:

Hi everyone, I'm trying to setup my own irc server and while I was configuring it I came across this (Picture I attached), which IP should I set to listen on, my localhost? (127.0.0.1) or my public IP? All ports are forwarded and ready

Listen port or bind port would be the IP of the network device that's connected.

 

So if you want to use say the "Intel Ethernet 1" adapter on Windows, go into that adapter, grab the IP of it (typically a 192.168.x.xxx address) and use that. It's not the IP it exposes, it's the IP of the device so it can find which device to use.

 

The reason it uses IP and not MAC address, device name, or some other identifying factor is so that larger scale deployments can create redundant connections, where if one fails there's another with the same IP address and port forwarding.

[FlushaDev]

Just now, Sniperfox47 said:

Listen port or bind port would be the IP of the network device that's connected.

 

So if you want to use say the "Intel Ethernet 1" adapter on Windows, go into that adapter, grab the IP of it (typically a 192.168.x.xxx address) and use that. It's not the IP it exposes, it's the IP of the device so it can find which de ice to use.

 

The reason it uses IP and not MAC address, device name, or some other identifying factor is so that larger scale deployments can create redundant connections, where if one fails there's another with the same IP address and port forwarding.

Did it, thank you so much

[Sniperfox47]

Just now, FlushaDev said:

Did it, thank you so much

If it's for a home server on a laptop and you want it to be able to connect regardless of whether you're wired or wireless you can just leave it * which means "accept connections on any of my Network Adapters".

[FlushaDev]

Just now, Sniperfox47 said:

If it's for a home server on a laptop and you want it to be able to connect regardless of whether you're wired or wireless you can just leave it * which means "accept connections on any of my Network Adapters".

Hey ermmmm can you try connecting to it? Send over a message, I don't mind giving you my IP for testing

[Sniperfox47]

5 minutes ago, FlushaDev said:

Hey ermmmm can you try connecting to it? Send over a message, I don't mind giving you my IP for testing

Sure. If you send me a PM with IP, port, and a channel to join I can try to connect.