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Forum for English speaking Miranda NG users => Feature requests => Topic started by: Octopuss on 19 03 2018, 09:43:55

Title: Idea: LAN messenger
Post by: Octopuss on 19 03 2018, 09:43:55

Would a plugin for LAN messanging be possible?
I tried a few special programs like BeeBeep and they all sucked ass. Using ICQ which has extremely slow login times and sometimes fail for whatever reason can get annoying.

Title: Re: Idea: LAN messenger
Post by: Vulpix on 19 03 2018, 11:11:24

I think such plugin/proto already exists, the EmLAN: https://wiki.miranda-ng.org/index.php?title=Plugin:EmLanProto/en

Title: Re: Idea: LAN messenger
Post by: Octopuss on 19 03 2018, 12:24:47

Interesting, but I can't figure out how to use it.

Title: Re: Idea: LAN messenger
Post by: dartraiden on 19 03 2018, 21:02:25

Install. Restart Miranda. Em-LAN automatically searches (via broadcast) other Em-LAN clients in the local network. Or you can manually add contact by IP via standard "Add contacts" dialogue.

Title: Re: Idea: LAN messenger
Post by: Octopuss on 19 03 2018, 21:08:01

I did just that. Installed on both PCs, started the Mirandas, but I have no idea what's supposed to happen. Because absolutely nothing is exactly what I'm observing.

edit:
after adding the contacts manually, messages are not being sent anyway, and my Miranda even froze shortly afterwards.
I guess I'm done here.

Title: Re: Idea: LAN messenger
Post by: amix on 27 03 2018, 13:24:18

UNIX Talk (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_(software)) would be cool ;-)

Title: Re: Idea: LAN messenger
Post by: dartraiden on 02 09 2018, 18:59:02

EmLAN is working. tested. If you do not see other clients (via standard Add/Search dialog, type * for all contacts or IP/computer_name for particular contact), maybe broadcast is disabled in your network or some problems with TCP/IP. You can test this via Telnet.