How to connect to Ages of Despair
This section will answer the following questions
and also provide you detailed information on how to establish
a connection to AoD.
How
do I connect to Ages of Despair MUD?
This will depend on the software you are using. If you are
using UNIX all you normally need do is type telnet mud.agesofdespair.net
5000 at the command line.
If connecting via a Web browser, all you'll normally need
to type is telnet://mud.agesofdespair.net:5000 in the address window.
This will bring up whatever your default telnet client is.
In most cases this will usually be windows telnet, which is
rather inadequate for mudding purposes.
If you are using a telnet or MUD client you will usually need
to enter some details to set it up for the first connection
to Ages of Despair and it will subsequently remember these
details for re-use. In most cases, all you will need to know
is the host address is mud.agesofdespair.net and the port number is
5000. If you need to know our numeric address it is 129.241.210.28
| Our primary
address is: |
mud.agesofdespair.net : 5000 |
| Our ip address is: |
129.241.210.28 |
| Alternative port numbers: |
5000
7465
8080
9956 |
What
is a MUD Client?
A MUD Client is a software program that helps you to connect
to a MUD and enhances your playing experience. Telnet is one
such client program. Many clients written for MUDs have special
added bonus features (bells and whistles) such as aliases,
triggers, timers, keypad-navigation, speed-walking, auto-say,
scripting, ANSI color-support, user-defined font and size,
user-defined macros, logging, copy-and-paste, and printing.
These features are not really 'needed' to mud, but can make
your MUD life easier and more enjoyable.
Where do I get
a MUD Clients?
We have a list of various
mud clients here on AoD for your convenience. You can
also look on
www.tucows.com or
www.shareware.com and search for mud clients.
What MUD Clients
do you suggest?
If you are running a Windows 95/98 operating system and want
a high quality client and you do not need tons of fantasy
additional features you might enjoy CRT. If you are running
a Windows 95/98 operating system and want a client that has
tons of bells and whistles you might want to try Zmud, Portal
or Mushclient.
Click here to visit AoD's mud client page for
more information and client links.
If you have any problem connecting to AoD, please feel free
to contact us!
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