Irc asking to join chat cant download file

What I can say though, is that IRC is used for people to primarily chat with each other, and it dates back to like the 90s. Basically, it lets us download juicy anime throgh IRC, when we think all hope is lost when all the torrents have 0 seeds. For some reason, XDCC servers run on hacked computers with super high bandwidth speeds, which allows us to download them even faster than torrents! If someone has a better, simple, and more concise and factually correct way to answer this question, feel free to drop me a message!

It's undoubtely the most popular IRC client, and having always used it before, I'd love to base this guide on that client. However, as anyone who's used mIRC, its beauty quickly gets shadowed by the most annoying day trial dialog box that appears at each startup.

It's manageable for a month, but once 30 days pass, the waiting time becomes unbearable. This guide being aimed at beginners, there was no way I could use that client as the primary client here. I tried out a dozen different IRC clients to find one that was simple to install, setup, and easy to download files from. ClicksAndWhistles was the clear winner, although I'd wish someone made a super easy-to-use client with a nice, modern UI already!

You may experience after having cancelled a download, or refusing to accept the file, that the client sometimes won't let you re-download the file because you've already requested it. The trick is finding the trustworthy sender in the first place.

Remember: There is no official, centralized list of files, no comprehensive list of channels to trade files, and no standardized commands for getting files. Once you get on the channel, you'll have to ask the people there for the non-standard, special commands for listing and getting files. Don't go typing "! Why can't I get a file?

So you request a file but nothing seems to happen. First, ask a friend to DCC send you a text file. There's no point in going further until that works.

If that works, then the problem may be mIRC's automatic ignoring of all but a few "safe" file types for your own protection against virus and trojan horse attacks. This protective feature is there for a good reason. To modify those settings, see the official mIRC. Whatever you do, don't auto-get and don't disable file ignoring entirely, because then you are just opening yourself up to all kinds of dangers. If you've done all that and the file still won't come through, chances are the sender is having firewall problems, which is very often the case these days, see the next question.

Why can't I send a file? Is this a new problem? If you used to be able to send files just fine, then think about what you changed recently. Did you switch to a new ISP, start sharing your connection among multiple PCs, install a router, load up a software firewall?

See our firewall guide for more info. How can I speed up the DCC get or download? Short version: You can't. There are no commands for you to speed up your DCC get anybody claiming otherwise is usually ignorant or trying to give you a trojan horse virus.

Stop downloading from elsewhere to free up your bandwidth, or get a faster ISP, but that's about it. There are commands for a sender to optimize his sending speed see next question , but most file servers are already sending as fast as they can, there's just too many people getting files from them at the same time and splitting up their finite available bandwidth.

Also, DCC was never designed for large file transfers; it is relatively inefficient and error prone. Some of the search engines have the functionality to start your mIRC client and connect to the selected channel automatically. If you choose to connect manually, you will need to input the server name into your mIRC client. Add the server name you saved from the search engine listing. Then select the server and connect. In the popup window, select the desired channel.

Once a connection has been established, use the following message to request the file from the bot:. If all goes well, your download will start immediately. If your download started correctly but was interrupted, that could mean that the bot has gone offline during the transfer bad luck. You can either wait for it to come back online — most XDCC bots support resuming downloads — or try to request the same file from a different bot.

It could also mean that you violated some custom channel rule. For example, sometimes a bot will ask you to join a different channel after sending you the requested file. If you fail to do so, your download will be interrupted. Hey, sh! XDCC downloads are usually very fast, but if you think your speed is too slow, you can try switching to a different bot. XDCC may be two decades old but is still a reliable and fast way to get the content you love.