Re: irc.debian.org server not responding to /connect command [ was Re: Documentation is inaccurate ]

On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 1:12 AM Filippo Rusconi wrote:

> This is what I tried in irssi.
> 17:41 -!- Irssi: Unknown command: server irc.debian.org

OK, so the docs need to be updated to support more IRC clients.

> So I try /connect irc.debian.org and that also fails differently:
>
> 7:43 -!- Irssi: Unable to connect server irc.debian.org port 6667 [Connection timed out]

I don't have that problem here, instead I can connect immediately.

Does that happen every time you start irssi?

Both irc.oftc.net and irc.debian.org resolve to the same addresses.
So you should get the same connection results for each of them.

$ host irc.debian.org
irc.debian.org is an alias for irc.geo.oftc.net.
irc.geo.oftc.net has address 120.29.217.74
irc.geo.oftc.net has address 172.104.164.108
irc.geo.oftc.net has IPv6 address 2001:5a0:2200:301:120:29:217:74
irc.geo.oftc.net has IPv6 address 2400:8901::f03c:91ff:fe12:3a0f
$ host irc.oftc.net
irc.oftc.net is an alias for irc.geo.oftc.net.
irc.geo.oftc.net has address 120.29.217.74
irc.geo.oftc.net has address 172.104.164.108
irc.geo.oftc.net has IPv6 address 2001:5a0:2200:301:120:29:217:74
irc.geo.oftc.net has IPv6 address 2400:8901::f03c:91ff:fe12:3a0f

> There must be something I do not grasp here.

I expect you are experiencing a temporary network glitch.