Sig9 has recently put up an IRC channel on Freenode. This is a simple tutorial to help newbie IRC users connect to our channel using a popular Windows client: mIRC.
This is a short, simple tutorial, and very well illustrated.
To learn more about our IRC initiative, visit Sig9 IRC.
First off: the dope for people who do not need such an explanation:
The channels are #sig9 and #sig9-talk at Freenode, irc.freenode.net.
A detailed explanation follows:
Download the latest version of Mirc from the mIRC homepage. As of this writing, it is version 6.16.
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At the first run of mIRC, you'll be presented with the mIRC options dialog. Fill in the values accordingly. Uncheck invisble mode to follow good netiquette.
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Switch to the servers tab, and choose "Freenode: Random server" from the IRC Server drop down box.
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Click the connect toolbar icon.
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Once you've connected, cancel the favorites dialog box, and type in "/join #sig9" in the console window.
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You've now connected to the Sig9 IRC channel #sig9 on freenode. Hopefully, the channel will be busier than in the picture :-D
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That's it! Happy IRC-ing. Post any doubts in these comments and I'll try my best to help.
