How do you use IRC to download stuff?

awdrifter · December 14th, 2005, 03:36 AM

This is probably a stupid question, but how do you do it? (I'm currently only using BT and eMule) Does the other user have to personally send you the stuff? Is there a tutorial on how to do it? I'm using mIRC btw. Thanks.

Shawn · December 14th, 2005, 04:27 AM

Most of the rooms you go into tell you what command to put in. I don't remember what it is, but just take a read, it'll tell you.

Raider · December 14th, 2005, 04:50 AM

/msg <bot name> xdcc send # <number of item you want>

so if Hector54 has say the new season of family guy which is #4 on his list, it'll look like this:

/msg hector54 xdcc send #4

Viper007Bond · December 14th, 2005, 05:58 AM

Don't bother trying to get stuff via IRC. 9 times outta 10, it's really slow. P2P is where it's at.

Buba · December 14th, 2005, 07:15 AM

You gotta search for that stuff really long, unless you are in a nice room, but you won't just get in there with the join command...

Buba

jensked · December 14th, 2005, 10:26 AM

sometimes /msg hector54 xdcc send #4 doesn't work and you have to type

/ctcp hector54 xdcc send #4

Mostly it's /ctcp

In some rare cases, you also have to say what 'group' or 'pool' the file is in.
/ctcp hector54 xdcc get "family guy" #4 or something like that, I don't know exactly, but mostly they sau it

Anyways, Viper, sometimes it's the only way, like here at my university ISP, they block P2p and bittorrent but they don't block ftp and mirc...

Shawn · December 14th, 2005, 10:27 AM

How is that possible? I'm not saying it's not, but am just wondering. If they go by closing the ports, then they'd have to close all of the ports. How can they block BT and P2P but not FTP and IRC?

jensked · December 14th, 2005, 10:28 AM

^cause there are legit uses for ftp and mirc

Shawn · December 14th, 2005, 10:30 AM

That wasn't my question dude... I'm wondering from a technical point of view.

bone · December 14th, 2005, 10:58 AM

ever heard of a firewall?

you just select the ports(range) you want to have blocked

TechZ · December 14th, 2005, 11:05 AM

mIRC ports are different from ftp ports.

Shawn · December 14th, 2005, 11:13 AM

I know, didn't I already honour this notion in my other post?

I'm saying if they block the generic Bittorrent ports, then just use another port to download stuff. What port do they leave open for FTP? Can't you just get to Bittorrent through that port?

Quote:

Originally Posted by bone

ever heard of a firewall?

you just select the ports(range) you want to have blocked

Buba · December 14th, 2005, 11:17 AM

uTorrent has a nice "random port" feature... images/smilies/wink.gif

Anyway, if you are blocked from p2p, you should throw in some money and get another ISP or Usenet...

Ultra_Kool_Dude · December 14th, 2005, 11:20 AM

Here's how to get Survivor from IRC: images/smilies/wink.gif

http://www.geocities.com/gluedtothescreen/

awdrifter · December 14th, 2005, 11:25 AM

I'm only going to use it if I can't find something on BT and eMule, it's only going to be used as a back up. Thanks for the replies.

jensked · December 14th, 2005, 12:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buba

uTorrent has a nice "random port" feature... images/smilies/wink.gif

are you saying it might work on a university network?

bigfoot1942 · December 14th, 2005, 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shawn_230

I know, didn't I already honour this notion in my other post?

I'm saying if they block the generic Bittorrent ports, then just use another port to download stuff. What port do they leave open for FTP? Can't you just get to Bittorrent through that port?

Quote:

Originally Posted by bone

ever heard of a firewall?

you just select the ports(range) you want to have blocked

Ports can be blocked inbound as well as outbound. On universities the usually block all ports inbound, so no-one can get on their network from the internet.
So your incoming port is blocked for shure.

Outbound all ports except certain ones (http, dns, https, ftp etc) are allowed. So you can get to those ports on computers on the internet and read the webpages they serve for example. For those computers (on the internet) this is an incoming connection.

So when youre at school, you can only connect to people that set their incoming port on port 80 (http), 20 and 21 (FTP) or 443 (HTTPS).
Youre extremely lucky if one out of 1000 peers runs on one of those ports, since its nowhere suggested people should run bittorrent on port 80 for example.

If a significant number of torrent clients were to run on port 80, the school firewall would be defeated and it would be extremely pricy for universities to block it then, since it involves expensive hardware...

awdrifter · December 14th, 2005, 03:12 PM

I ran BitComet with NAT traversal on, and Head Encrypt to auto, I get around 80k/s at my university.

December 14th, 2005, 03:36 AM	#1
awdrifter Joined: Aug 29th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Posts: 1,549 Rep Power: 26	How do you use IRC to download stuff? This is probably a stupid question, but how do you do it? (I'm currently only using BT and eMule) Does the other user have to personally send you the stuff? Is there a tutorial on how to do it? I'm using mIRC btw. Thanks. __________________ TP

December 14th, 2005, 07:15 AM	#5
Buba Wants Rick Astley's Babies Joined: Nov 12th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Regensburg, Bavaria Age: 27 Posts: 6,028 Car: Golf LFS Status: Rep Power: 40	You gotta search for that stuff really long, unless you are in a nice room, but you won't just get in there with the join command... Buba __________________ [18:11] MXM: it means buba is better than you now [18:12] sam-l: In what way? [18:12] Slycer: longer penis

December 14th, 2005, 10:26 AM	#6
jensked Joined: Mar 31st, 2005 Last Online: January 6th, 2009 Location: Flanders, Belgium Age: 25 Posts: 4,007 Car: RIP Opel Astra -> 2006 Toyota Corolla Wagon Rep Power: 43	sometimes /msg hector54 xdcc send #4 doesn't work and you have to type /ctcp hector54 xdcc send #4 Mostly it's /ctcp In some rare cases, you also have to say what 'group' or 'pool' the file is in. /ctcp hector54 xdcc get "family guy" #4 or something like that, I don't know exactly, but mostly they sau it Anyways, Viper, sometimes it's the only way, like here at my university ISP, they block P2p and bittorrent but they don't block ftp and mirc... __________________

December 14th, 2005, 10:28 AM	#8
jensked Joined: Mar 31st, 2005 Last Online: January 6th, 2009 Location: Flanders, Belgium Age: 25 Posts: 4,007 Car: RIP Opel Astra -> 2006 Toyota Corolla Wagon Rep Power: 43	^cause there are legit uses for ftp and mirc __________________

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December 14th, 2005, 04:27 AM	#2
Shawn Lexus? Oh shi- Joined: May 26th, 2005 Last Online: 01:10 AM Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 8,773 Car: IS250 RWD Rep Power: 93	Most of the rooms you go into tell you what command to put in. I don't remember what it is, but just take a read, it'll tell you.

December 14th, 2005, 04:50 AM	#3
Raider Joined: Jan 22nd, 2004 Last Online: January 4th, 2009 Posts: 518 Rep Power: 0	/msg <bot name> xdcc send # <number of item you want> so if Hector54 has say the new season of family guy which is #4 on his list, it'll look like this: /msg hector54 xdcc send #4

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December 14th, 2005, 10:27 AM	#7
Shawn Lexus? Oh shi- Joined: May 26th, 2005 Last Online: 01:10 AM Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 8,773 Car: IS250 RWD Rep Power: 93	How is that possible? I'm not saying it's not, but am just wondering. If they go by closing the ports, then they'd have to close all of the ports. How can they block BT and P2P but not FTP and IRC?

December 14th, 2005, 10:30 AM	#9
Shawn Lexus? Oh shi- Joined: May 26th, 2005 Last Online: 01:10 AM Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 8,773 Car: IS250 RWD Rep Power: 93	That wasn't my question dude... I'm wondering from a technical point of view.

December 14th, 2005, 11:05 AM	#11
TechZ Captain Internet Joined: Dec 19th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Bahrain Age: 24 Posts: 2,425 Car: Audi TT '08 Rep Power: 164	mIRC ports are different from ftp ports. __________________ techzonline.net

December 14th, 2005, 11:17 AM	#13
Buba Wants Rick Astley's Babies Joined: Nov 12th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Regensburg, Bavaria Age: 27 Posts: 6,028 Car: Golf LFS Status: Rep Power: 40	uTorrent has a nice "random port" feature... Anyway, if you are blocked from p2p, you should throw in some money and get another ISP or Usenet... __________________ [18:11] MXM: it means buba is better than you now [18:12] sam-l: In what way? [18:12] Slycer: longer penis

December 14th, 2005, 11:20 AM	#14
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awdrifter Joined: Aug 29th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Posts: 1,549 Rep Power: 26	I'm only going to use it if I can't find something on BT and eMule, it's only going to be used as a back up. Thanks for the replies. __________________ TP

December 14th, 2005, 03:12 PM	#18
awdrifter Joined: Aug 29th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Posts: 1,549 Rep Power: 26	I ran BitComet with NAT traversal on, and Head Encrypt to auto, I get around 80k/s at my university. __________________ TP

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