Error code getaddrinfo failed when trying to connect with an IRC client

[subaru211]

Hi there, i'm very very new to this and I am just starting an IRC for fun with friends and I get this error 11001 while trying to connect from my PC.
If i connect via localhost it works but when i put the server name thing it says that. I tried putting in the IP of my PC and it didn't seem to work either, it just gave me a longer message in Spanish (my PC's language) that was something like this translated:

An error occurred during the connection attempt because the appropriate party did not respond properly after a period of time, or an error occurred in the established connection because the host was unable to respond.

Please help thank you
I'm using Windows 10 if that helps

[ravertine]

two things I can think about:

1- make sure you allow unrealircd in your firewall (or disable it temporary to check you can connect)
2- your pc is more than likely connected to internet via a router. in this case, you will need to configure your router to open the ports used by unrealircd (by default 6667 for non ssl connections and 6697 for ssl) and forward them to your pc's lan ip address (mostly 192.168.something.something)