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Can People on GeekShed See My IP Address

February 17, 2010 - 12:24 pm

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Every now and then, a question that arises in #help is if people can see the IP address of another individual. Since GeekShed encrypt users’ IP addresses and hostmasks the short answer is no, other people can not see your IP address. The long answer is the following: The only people that can see a…

Quit Messages and What They Mean

January 18, 2010 - 5:09 pm

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Excess flood – you attempted to send too much data to the IRC server too quickly. The server thought you were attempting to flood it, and so it disconnected you. If this is happening to you a lot, you should check to see if your client offers a setting that will prevent this (mIRC users:…

What Ports Can I Use to Connect to GeekShed?

January 2, 2010 - 10:30 pm

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Besides the default port 6667, all GeekShed servers accept standard connections on the following ports: 6660, 6661, 6662, 6663, 6664, 6665, 6666, 6668, 6669, 7029, 7070, 1494, and 1755 All servers also accept SSL connections on port 6697. Should you experience difficulties in connecting, you can try another port or another server. Should you still…

IRC Clients

December 21, 2009 - 12:36 am

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At least once a week, we get asked about IRC clients that people can use. Although GeekShed offers the TFlash flash-based chat client that can be used and embedded on one’s site, unless you’re a casual chatter on a few channels, it is often beneficial to use a dedicated IRC client. By using a client,…

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