Sylpheed Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 hi all I'm looking for recommendations for a LAN IM software. requirement is 1. No need central server 2. Free of course It doesn't need to connect to the internet, just internal usage is fine. Anyone can gimme some examples? gnrsu 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Marcel T Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 At work we all use iChat with Bonjour (Macs). I know some on Windows avoid Bonjour like the plague but for a OSX/Windows network, Bonjour + Miranda looks pretty workable. I'm sure it's an easy answer for Linux, whatever it would be. So are you talking a Windows LAN here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Olemus Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 netsend :D neo1911 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 kazuyette Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 netsend :D Yay !!! netsend FTW mate !! :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 The_Decryptor Veteran Posted February 11, 2008 Veteran Share Posted February 11, 2008 At work we all use iChat with Bonjour (Macs). I know some on Windows avoid Bonjour like the plague but for a OSX/Windows network, Bonjour + Miranda looks pretty workable.I'm sure it's an easy answer for Linux, whatever it would be. So are you talking a Windows LAN here? That's probably going to be your best bet, it doesn't need a central server and maintains the contact list by itself. For OS X, you've got iChat (duh) and Adium, for Linux Gaim has a Bonjour implementation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 +BudMan MVC Posted February 11, 2008 MVC Share Posted February 11, 2008 Achat is sounds like exactly what your looking for http://achat.sourceforge.net/ goretsky 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Sylpheed Posted February 12, 2008 Author Share Posted February 12, 2008 thnks for the replies guys. we tried netsend.. but found out that everything is actually logged in your event logs. so... prefer it not to be :p i'll try out the other stuff :) a friend of mine introduced me to borg chat, anyone tried that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Sylpheed Posted February 12, 2008 Author Share Posted February 12, 2008 Achat is sounds like exactly what your looking forhttp://achat.sourceforge.net/ i just tried Achat, very nice interface i like it. but i can't get it to work. Me and my colls are on diff subnet mask. but can't seem to see each other. do you have to manually add every single user? or do some other setup? also, is the multicast working? it says it's experimental but i'm not sure if it's working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 p858snake Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Formaine(Spelling??) NetSend joker999 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 shtraue Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 EZ Intranet Messenger EZIM is a messenger for internal communication. It does not need a server to authenticate against to sign in. As long as you can get an IP address from the DHCP server (i.e. the network supports multicast), it will be able to find all other users within the same network segment and communicate with them. It is very handy to use on local area networks as it allows admins to provide a simple messenger service to the members without the need to add more servers, making life alot easier.EZIM works on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and other operating systems which has Java Runtime Environment Version 6 or above installed. It also contains a useful option which is to broadcast to all users as well as the standard private instant message. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 krysto Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 BorgChat: http://borgchat.softnews.ro/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 XanoZuke Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Update please, as my request right now is the same as the topic's starter :p and no, it CANNOT be Netsend. It must have a nice GUI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 LUTZIFER Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 I used Winpopup way back in the day, well 1998 I think, worked awesome. Apparently it was based on what was included already with Win 95/98, but redone with more functionality. http://www.winpopup-lan-messenger.com/ Was very simple, lightweight, and worked. goretsky 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 articuno1au Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Nice necro there man >.> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 andgreen Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 open source http://lanmsngr.sourceforge.net/ another one http://messenger.softros.com supports Windows 7, 8 , but free trial only ooops, i did necro too :blush: FiB3R 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Nick H. Supervisor Posted March 20, 2013 Supervisor Share Posted March 20, 2013 I think we can consider this thread to be resolved after 5 years... <Thread Closed> goretsky 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hi all
I'm looking for recommendations for a LAN IM software.
requirement is
1. No need central server
2. Free of course
It doesn't need to connect to the internet, just internal usage is fine. Anyone can gimme some examples?
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