[9fans] IRC question for libera.chat

[9fans] IRC question for libera.chat

[Andreas.Elding via 9fans]

So lately I've been having issues connecting to libera.chat with ircs, and other clients. It always fails connecting, no matter which client I use.

Has something changed?



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Re: [9fans] IRC question for libera.chat

[noodle via 9fans]

Quoth Andreas.Elding via 9fans <9fans@9fans.net>:
> Thank you, this made things much clearer. Apparently they block you if you're using a VPN for some reason.
> 
> 
> On Sunday, July 27th, 2025 at 3:49 PM, noodle via 9fans <9fans@9fans.net> wrote:
> 
> > Quoth Andreas.Elding via 9fans 9fans@9fans.net:
> > 
> > > So lately I've been having issues connecting to libera.chat with ircs, and other clients. It always fails connecting, no matter which client I use.
> > > 
> > > Has something changed?
> > > 
> > > Sent with Proton Mail secure email.
> > 
> > 
> > Works fine on my side. I'd try general network troubleshooting first.
> > (ip/ping irc.libera.chat, troubleshoot ip/dns if not replying). If I
> > get a reply i'd troubleshoot IRC directly (commands from RFC 1459 or
> > https://modern.ircdocs.horse/index.html):
> > 
> > term% tlsclient tcp!irc.libera.chat!6697
> > USER randomtestnick * * :randomtestnick
> > NICK randomtestnick
> > 
> > You should the usual banner from libera. if I wanna test more:
> > 
> > HELP
> > PRIVMSG NickServ :HELP
> > 
> > Should send usage output from libera ircd and nickserv respectively.
> > 
> > --
> > noodle

Happy to help :) Yeah your VPN might be on a list :c you might wanna check with ops on #libera i guess. goodluck!

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