download mirc, this is a help portion that tells how to connect to a network and chan

Connecting to a Server

Connecting to an IRC server is the first step to chatting on IRC and is done through the Connect dialog, which pops up automatically when you first run mIRC.

Once you enter a few basic pieces of information about yourself, you can select an IRC Server from the servers list and then click on the Connect button. You'll know you've connected when the IRC server shows you it's Message Of The Day
, which contains information about that server. At that point you'll be able to Join a channel to start chatting.

Basic information
The following information is required before you can connect to a server.

Full Name
You can enter your real name here, however note that whatever you enter can be seen by other people on IRC. Most people usually enter a witty one-liner or comment.

Email Address
You must enter a full email address eg. khaled@mirc.com.

Nickname and Alternative
Your nickname is the name by which people will know you on IRC. Remember that there are many hundreds of thousands of people on IRC, so it's possible that someone might already be using the nickname you've chosen. If that's the case, you should try to pick a different, more unique, nickname. You can enter an alternative nickname as well in case someone is using your first nickname. If both nicknames are in use, mIRC inserts "/nick" into the edit box so that all you have to do is enter a new nickname and press enter.

Invisible Mode
If you turn on the invisible mode switch, people will not be able to find you on IRC unless they already know your nickname, or if you join a channel or talk to them privately.

IRC Servers

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

Note: If you're having problems connecting to an IRC Server, see the Connection Problems section.

You can manage your list of IRC servers by using the add, edit, and delete buttons. Each IRC server consists of the following information:

Description
This can be any text you want and serves only as a description.

Address
This is the IRC server address eg. irc.dal.net

Port Number
This is usually 6667. If the server allows connections on different ports, you can enter them all separated by commas eg. 6667,6668,6669 and mIRC will pick one randomly each time it connects to the server.

Group Name
This allows you to group servers together when they are sorted with the Sort button.

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

Hint: If you click your right mouse button on the Options toolbar button, a popup menu appears that allows you to quickly connect to an IRC server.

New Server Window

The new server window option allows you to connect to more than one IRC server at the same time. Just check the new server window checkbox, and click the connect button. The checkbox setting isn't remembered, so it will be turned off the next time you open the connect dialog.

To open a new server window without connecting to a server, you can check the new server window checkbox and then press the OK button.

Hint: You can click your right mouse button on the options toolbar button to display a popup menu listing your most recently accessed IRC servers. If you press the shift key while selecting a server in the popup menu it will open in a new server window.

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