Unable to Connect Error Message Using MIRC and ICS

ID: Q227148

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

When you use Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) to connect two ICS client computers using Microsoft Internet Relay Chat (MIRC), you may receive the following error message:

Unable to connect.


CAUSE

This issue can occur if you use the DCC protocol to send and receive and the MIRC is using the IP address of the the network adapter that connects to the Internet. The computer is unable to establish a secure connection to itself.


RESOLUTION

To work around this issue, disable ICS on the host computer. To do this, follow these steps:

  1. Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click Internet Options.


  2. On the Connections tab, click Sharing.


  3. Click to clear the Enable Internet Connection Sharing check box, and then click OK.


For additional information about how to disable Internet Connection Sharing, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q230112 How to Disable Internet Connection Sharing

Additional query words: 


Keywords          : kberrmsg kbnetwork win98se 
Version           : WINDOWS:
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: June 8, 1999