Connecting with IceChat
IceChat v9 is an open-source IRC client for Windows.
At the bottom-left corner, click Add
.
Fill in the details:\
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# Server
: your bouncer server address (it should look like example.ircnow.org
)
# Display name
: network-bnc
, where network is the network you want to connect to. For example, if you want to connect to ircnow
, fill in ircnow-bnc
# Server Port
: 31337
# Nick
: the bouncer username you registered
# Check Connect with SSL/TLS
# Server password
: username/network:password
. For example, if your username is john
, the network you want to connect to is ircnow
, and your password is abcde12345
, fill in john/ircnow:abcde12345
.\
NOTE: Some users report issues connecting with SSL. To connect without SSL, set Server port
to 1337 and uncheck Connect with SSL/TLS
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Click on the Extra Settings
tab. Check Connect on startup
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