Xchat on Freenode - Strange Behavior

Question

I looked at this other post on XChat, but it did not solve my problem.

I am trying to use Xchat on freenode:

/msg NickServ IDENTIFY <password>
You have not registered
Closing Link: 999.999.999.999 (Connection timed out)
#22*# Disconnected (Remote host closed socket).
 Cycling to next server in Ubuntu Servers...
#22*# Disconnected ().

Then I ran a command to check my nickname:

/whois <mynickname>
* Disconnected ().
* Looking up irc.freenode.net
* Connecting to chat.freenode.net (99.999.99.999) port 8001...
* Connected. Now logging in...
* *** Looking up your hostname...
* *** Checking Ident
* *** Couldn't look up your hostname
* *** No Ident response
* <mynickname> already in use. Retrying with <mynickname>..

Then I typed a command to request my password, but did not receive the message in my inbox:

/msg NickServ SENDPASS <mynickname>
#22*# *** Looking up your hostname...
#22*# *** Checking Ident
#22*# *** Couldn't look up your hostname
#22*# *** No Ident response
#22*# <mynickname> already in use. Retrying with <mynickname>...
#22*# <mynickname> already in use. Retrying with <mynickname>...
#22*# Nickname already in use. Use /NICK to try another.

Xchat Freenode constantly gives the message:

* *** Looking up your hostname...
* Disconnected (Connection reset by peer).
 Cycling to next server in FreeNode...
* Disconnected ().
* Looking up irc.freenode.netnot woYou are not authorized to perform this operationrking
* Connecting to chat.freenode.net (999.999.999.999) port 8001...
* Connected. Now logging in...
* *** Looking up your hostname...
* *** Checking Ident
* *** Couldn't look up your hostname

The funny thing is: whenever I try to log in using a web browser with, then it works well. Even if I first enter any channel through a web browser, and then I go to XChat and try to enter some other channel by first executing it in the browser, and then XChat works without problems.

Now, if I try the command:

/whois <mynickname>
* [<mynickname>] (~<mynickname>@99.999.9.999): Linda Lowela
* [<mynickname>] #webkit 
* [<mynickname>] dickson.freenode.net :US
* [<mynickname>] is connecting from *@99.999.9.999  99.999.9.999
* [<mynickname>] idle 00:00:51, signon: Wed Jan  1 21:12:31
* [<mynickname>] End of WHOIS list.

So what is going on here and why is this weird behavior on XChat?

Please give us some advice.

Answer 1

XChat, :

• : Freenode
• , Freenode, . - : {nickname} |

• XChat, Freenode - {nickname} |: { }

  /join # {-}

. , : IRC.