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I finally had someone watch when I was disconnecting. Here is what it shows when I disconnect:

* modem has quit IRC (Connection reset by peer)

It appears I'm timing out (ping timeout) to other users who see me on the channel.

What is the possible reasons for this that I am timing out and not them?

You are correct, this isn't a choice. I own a webhosting company and the server that the IRCD is on is also a live production hosting server that has to have 0% downtime.


I have actually heard of another person [at least] having similar problems to yours under CentOS, I'm starting to wonder if ...

Actually I don't see any PING TIMEOUT quits. Rather it's like the connection just dies out behind the scenes, but mIRC still shows me online until I goto type. Then it just says Software Disconnected. It reminds me of the old timeout errors of days past when a dialup connection got disconnected and ...

Is there a recommended setting... or should it be set higher or lower? Obviously lower means more frequent pings, but I want to get someones perspective who is more familiar with it.

JIVXor wrote:I dont think this could help you, but try by modifying "pingfreq" directive.

Hello all,

Currently I am using Unreal 3.2.3 on a CentOS linux server that I own. I have compiled, modified, and been using the .conf settings now very successfully for over two years. Updating as I need.

Recently I have noticed VERY frequent disconnects from my server with mIRC 6.16 client ...