Getting IRC to work over WAP

TeeJay3800 · #1 03-14-2007, 12:02 PM

I need some help getting my phone to connect to IRC.

I downloaded and installed jmIRC, but have not been able to get it to connect. IRC uses port 6667, but it also has a HTTP proxy option. The proxy options are server (I used wap.voicestream.com), proxy port (I used 8080), and proxy password (I left blank). I couldn't get it to connect with or without the proxy settings.

I have the $5.99 Web plan and if this type of usage is not allowed, then no biggie, but I just thought I'd ask. Thanks in advance for any help!

Nwahs · #2 03-14-2007, 12:30 PM

Originally Posted by TeeJay3800

I need some help getting my phone to connect to IRC.

I downloaded and installed jmIRC, but have not been able to get it to connect. IRC uses port 6667, but it also has a HTTP proxy option. The proxy options are server (I used wap.voicestream.com), proxy port (I used 8080), and proxy password (I left blank). I couldn't get it to connect with or without the proxy settings.

I have the $5.99 Web plan and if this type of usage is not allowed, then no biggie, but I just thought I'd ask. Thanks in advance for any help!

I haven't heard of this problem before. $5.99 lets you do pretty much anything....but I've heard of people switching to the $19.99 plan and getting stuff to work. That is a lot of $$ though. Someone will come along that knows what you are talking about and post.

*By the way, if you have a duplicated thread, just report it as a bad post and we'll delete it right away. No worries though*

Scoot · #3 03-14-2007, 02:23 PM

play with the settings and the phone might not let the 3rd party app connect to the internet

TeeJay3800 · #4 03-14-2007, 02:33 PM

From what I understand about the $5.99 plan, port 8080 is used to connect, so the phone won't be able to directly connect to the port IRC normally uses (6667). For that reason, I tried activating the HTTP proxy settings using wap.voicestream.com and port 8080, but have had no luck with that.

mingkee · #5 03-14-2007, 02:38 PM

some irc servers accept port 8080
but the problem is: some servers don't like GPRS

Scoot · #6 03-14-2007, 02:38 PM

i had mine connect with port 6667 when i had tmo.
might wanna play with the http and proxy settings.
try turning the socket on or off and try that
what phone is it?

TeeJay3800 · #7 03-14-2007, 02:59 PM

Its a Samsung SGH-T619. What do you mean by socket?

Scoot · #8 03-14-2007, 03:03 PM

ahh that is the problem tmo and samsung has been cutting down on 3rd party apps
there was nothing i could do to get the t809 to get a 3rd party app to work
maybe nwahs will have a idea or 2

in the options there should be a option for a socket connection

mingkee · #9 03-14-2007, 09:02 PM

you can use pocketIRC if you have WM device (pda phone or tethered)
if you use efnet, you can try
irc.mzima.net:8080
irc.efnet.pl:8080
but since some IRC servers don't like GPRS, you may have hard time for that