Servers

The IRC server that you choose is the most important factor in determining how quickly and easily you connect. If it is taking a long time to connect to a particular IRC Server, choose a different one and try connecting again.

Note: If you are having problems connecting to an IRC Server, see the Connection Issues section.

You can manage your list of IRC servers by using the add, edit, and delete buttons. You can enter the following details for each server.

Description

The name or description of the server.

Address

The address of the server, eg. a valid server address would look like "irc.dal.net".

Ports

The default port for most servers is 6667.

If the server allows connections on different ports, you can enter them separated by commas, eg. 6667,6668,6669 and a port will be selected randomly each time you connect to the server.

For secure connections to an SSL capable server, prefix the port number with a plus sign, eg. +7001, and to a STARTTLS capable server, prefix the port number with a star sign, eg. *7001.

Group

The network that the server belongs to or a name that you can use to group related servers together.

Password

This is rarely required, so you should not have to enter anything here unless you have been specifically told to do so.