Downloading from IRC
Channel: #TV-Nihon
Server: irc.synirc.net
Connecting
First, you need a client that will accept DCC connections. Using [www.mibbit.com Mibbit] won't work since they don't accept file transfers. You can use mirc or some other clients for that.
- If you have a router with a firewall, you might need to open a port for your IRC client
- Set the server to irc.synirc.net
- Pick a nick
- Connect
- Type /join #tv-nihon and you'll join the channel.
Other useful commands:
- /nick <name> - Changes your nick
- /hop - Rejoin the channel if you need to for some reason.
- /msg <name> <Message> - Sends a private message to someone. Might not want to do that unless you know the person you're talking to is up to talking to you in private.
Downloading
First to prep:
- If you have a router with a firewall, you might need to open a port for your IRC client
- Type //mode $me -x to remove mode x, which can interfere with connections.
- Type /dccserver +sc on 59 since most fserves use that port. You may need to change the number depending on the fserve.
- Type !list to get a list of active fserves. Note: Once you know the command to get into a person's fserve, you don't need to type !list again. This is viewable to other people, so try not to spam it.
- Alternatively, you can try typing @find <Partial File Name or CRC>. This will do a search for the name you put in. Try to keep it simple since the word matching might not be that great.
- Access the person's fserve by using a /ctcp command. These are invisible to the chat (but visible to the person you're ctcping) so use them without impunity. Just don't annoy the guy you're trying to access.
- Follow the instructions to set a place in a queue, eventually you should get a dcc connection to transfer the file. Note, if you leave the channel, you'll probably taken off the queue.
Hosting Files
Fserves are all about give and take. In the past, we used to have a bunch of fserves and they'd give special priority to other people hosting files. People who serve are given the Voiced Status, which can appear as a + sign besides a person's name.
We're down to only a few fserves. If we had more and could build a community of file hosters once more, that'd be great. The main rule is to not serve renamed files. The other is probably to not serve other group's works. Sorry, it is our channel.
I don't really know what file serving scripts are out now. Sysreset seems to be the one most people are familiar with, but I've seen it raise some virus alarm flags from Avast. Maybe it's a false alarm, but who knows.