In some isolated cases, mIRC is unable to correctly input the user's IP address and Local Host value. These two values are necessary for you to log on to an IRC server. To check if mIRC is receiving the correct information, first try connecting. Click on the FILE menu, then SETUP, then click on the LOCAL INFO tab. If the LOCAL HOST box contains 3 sets of numbers, separated by dots, and followed by "-ipt.aol.com", then the info is correct. If it contains some other info, then read on. Since mIRC isn't able to pick up the correct information, you will need to manually enter this. First, uncheck the "On connect, always get the LOCAL HOST" box. Visit the IP Address web page and copy and paste the Local Host and IP values into the proper mIRC Local Info box.
1. Make sure you are connected to AOL.
2. Connect to AOL before you launch mIRC.
3. Make sure you are running the 16-bit version of mIRC.
4. Make sure there are no winsock.dll files in your mIRC directory.
5. Be sure that you aren't in a free area in AOL.
1. The IRC server you are connecting to may be too busy or full at the moment.
2. Make sure you aren't in a free area.
3. If you are trying to connect to an IRC server other than AOL's, it may be that your connection is being refused.
Updated on December 10, 1996.
Copyright Chris Reyes 1996