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No we are not using the same IP (my friends team is Glaskulan IF, I don't know if you can see his IP or not) and no others are using the same IP as far as I know.

The thing is that both of us suddenly (and not at the same times) get thrown out from the chat and then when we try to login either it just does not work, or it claims that the username I try to use is already in use (I guess it's the "reminder" from the original connection), or we get the error message "Connection failed (Max clones reached for your IP)" when trying to login.

When it comes to my friend he says that it has happened after he has logged in with his iPhone first and then tried to login from his computr later on, but I dont know if it his been like that everytime it has happened to him. I only logon from one computer though (I have not cleared the cash, but it doesn't feel like it has anything to do with this).

As far as we know we are the only ones getting constantly kicked out from the Swedish chat. We had a chrome theory, but he tried with firefox last game and got the same problem. Non of us have tried with IE or any other browser for that matter.

In short: I don't think I have any information that might help you.

This seems to be an error that happens on other IRC services, so I don't think it has anything to do with BB settings. Of course, I don't think we should write this problem off easily. Can you try the chat while watching a replay? Try different usernames with latin characters and anything else you may think of to tra yourself. I'm just stabbing in the dark here, but we may hit something. Or someone

I'm testing right now with a replay.

I always use "chespirito" as user name, so no need to test different user names.

I always have several tabs with different matches, but only connect to the chat from one of them.

It often takes until the approximately the middle of the game before I get kicked out. After that I get kicked out more frequently (if Im able to recnnect that is).

Now I was disconnected while visiting another page (other tab). I got this message: Closing Link: [207.192.75.252] (Ping timeout). This time I could reconnect directly though.

It just feels random, but as it happens to me frequently it probaböy isn't.

Next test session.

I logged into the chat for todays game and decided not to write anything at all. Still I was thrown out 2 minutes into the break between Q1 and Q3:

Closing Link: [207.192.75.252] (Ping timeout)

No one else wrote anything either btw.

Reconnecting resulted in the following message: "Choose a nickname (Nickname already in use)"

Reconnecting with another nick did not work.

Last edited by chespirito at 2/27/2010 12:55:48 PM

Thanks for going to such lenghts to test the issue. Don't hesitate to continue, finding the reason is essential in the fixing process.

Thanks, I understand that it is a rather complicated issue. It feels a little bit like searching for a needle in a haystack.

If I come up with any better lead in the future, I'll let you know.

Thanks, please do.

I have good news and bad news. The good news is that, you have nothing to worry about when the server says that your nickname is already in use. What happens is that the connection between your computer and the IRC server was lost. In most cases it happens because the wireless was out for a while (not enough for it to give an error between modem and computer but enough to not let some data through) or the same with a cable network (though, this happens way less often... but it happens). So, what happens is that, obviously, your script (in this case Mibbit) detects the loss in connection first and takes immediate action by trying to reconnect to the server. But the server is a bit more patient and awaits longer for a response from the user, so, it will still be using that nickname when you reconnect. Eventually, he will realize that you're not there and he will drop the nickname. When he does that (by giving the quit message "Ping Timeout"), you'll have absolutely no problems in using it again.

The bad news is that I have absolutely no idea what's up with the "Connection failed (Max clones reached for your IP)" message. Making the assumption that you didn't connected to the chat more than once (that is, opened more than 1 game tab... cause if you did, that's most likely the problem), I'll try to get deeper into it. Though, Mibbit is not the most intelligently written script I've ever seen. So, I would advise you to check this thread (127209.2) and see if it still happens with a decent script. Let me know how that works out.

Last edited by the L train at 3/10/2010 4:45:10 PM

Thanks, the "connection failed" happens when I try to reconnect, so my old connection is probably still active even though I was thrown out....

I'll try that 100-step-or-something-like-that-installation in the future.