Some servers do not allow me to connect because of identd. What is this?
Ident is an old protocol that servers used to identify which user on a shared system was connecting to them. Nowadays, it is most often used to weed out clones and floodbots from compromised machines (which usually don’t have identd [the ident daemon] installed). You may have seen something similar to this in your status window: * Identd request from Oslo1.NO.EU.undernet.org * Identd replied: 1963, 6667 : USERID : UNIX : CoolMan This is your IRC client responding to an ident request. Some servers require that your computer respond to an ident request, and if the server doesn’t receive a reply, it won’t allow you to connect. Problems with identd usually stem from two sources: • Your identd is turned off. • You’re behind a firewall or NAT router. In the first case, if you are using mIRC, just issue the following command: /identd on myusername If you are not using mIRC, you should check your client’s documentation to determine whether or not it has an identd feature, and where it’s locate
