[kwlug-disc] IRC connection issues

[CrankyOldBugger]

I'm not sure if I can do that.  Seems to me that the PIA VPN client covers
all traffic through the PC.  At least, that what it says on their website
and I've never seen an option to modify this setting.


On Fri Jan 09 2015 at 12:21:18 PM Jonathan Poole <jpoole at digitaljedi.ca>
wrote:

> Sounds like port 6667 is blocked over the vpn.  Lots of Viruses/backdoors
> etc have been known to install irc clients as a way to create a botnet in
> the past, this is probably why it’s denied as the service is shunned by the
> firewall.
>
> However once you are connected to the VPN, do you send ALL traffic over
> the VPN?  I would hope you configured your device to only send traffic
> destined for the VPN over the VPN, and not ALL traffic.  This could work
> around having the VPN connected and have IRC working at the same time…
>
> ./freenode:jpoole
>
> > On Jan 9, 2015, at 11:52 AM, CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > While I haven't been on IRC for a while, I logged in today and noticed
> that I can't login when I have my VPN running.  If I disconnect my VPN I
> get the IRC login screen fine.
> >
> > Is this considered normal, or do I need to contact the VPN people about
> this?
> >
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