How-To: Host and IRC Server (with No-IP)

Special Thanks to: http://raspadmin.wordpress.com/2012/12/20/irc-server-on-the-raspberry-pi/

First things first: Make sure you can Port-Forward, this is a must.

First we need to install the IRC Daemon (IRCd), type the following into your command line

sudo apt-get install ircd-hybrid

Next we need to change the .conf file, bascially the settings file

sudo nano /etc/ircd-hybrid/ircd.conf

You should now see a long list of settings, you can do the following settings or just copy mine

1. Under the listen { section change host = "127.0.0.1" to host = "0.0.0.0"

2. Under the operator { section change to user = "*@*"

3. Change any server name and server description settings at the top of the page

4. Save the .conf file (Command + O)

Now to start the server sudo /etc/init.d/ircd-hybrid stop to reload the settings

Then sudo /etc/init.d/ircd-hybrid start to start the server

Now, on a local machine try connection to your Pi's IP Adress (most times 192.167. something) the port should be 6667 (standard IRC port)

If all went well and you connect, open port 6667 and connect to your IP (to find type curl ifconfig.me into terminal)

Getting No-IP to work if you have a Dynamic IP

Special thanks to: http://www.stuffaboutcode.com/2012/06/raspberry-pi-access-from-internet-using.html

No-IP is used to automatically update IP address with a web redirect, before doing these steps, make sure to set up a No-IP.com account

1. In the terminal, create the folder for the No-IP software

mkdir /home/pi/noip

cd /home/pi/noip

2. Download the software

wget http://www.no-ip.com/client/linux/noip-duc-linux.tar.gz

3. Extract the software

tar vzxf noip-duc-linux.tar.gz

4. Go to the extracted folder

cd noip-2.1.9-1

5. Install the software (you'll be asked for no-ip login info)

sudo make
sudo make install

6. Run the software

sudo /usr/local/bin/noip2

Raspberry Pi Ideas

In no specific order here are my future plans for my Raspberry Pi

1. IRC Server (Done)

2. TeamSpeak 3 server (difficult)

3. IP Camera (meh.)

4. Weather Display Station (easy)

5. MAME arcade (easy)

6. File Host (easy)

7. Movie Player (easy)

8. Car Computer (difficulty is in power/display)

9. Wirless Access Point (Wifi Router) - (required Access Point wifi card)

10. GPS device recorder/transmitter (same a Car Computer)

11. Twitter Board (like AOTS) (easy)

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It's Here!

My Raspberry Pi has finally arrived  I have updated the "Future Plans" list below to show what I have done, I will add tutorials later this month.

My New Toy: Raspberry Pi

"The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card sized computer that plugs into your TV and a keyboard. It’s a capable little PC which can be used for many of the things that your desktop PC does, like spreadsheets, word-processing and games. It also plays high-definition video. We want to see it being used by kids all over the world to learn programming."

- RaspberryPi.org