Connecting to AfterX

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You are here because you do not know how to connect to our IRC network of AfterX, or you do not know how to connect to IRC at all.

To connect to our network, type 
/server irc.afterx.net
. Some IRC software (known as clients) may require you to put in a port number - 
/server irc.afterx.net:6667
or click this link: irc://irc.afterx.net:6667



IRC is an acronym for "Internet Relay Chat" - an Internet protocol that permits people to chat to each other in real-time (network conditions permitting) to anyone else anywhere in the world as long they are able to connect to the same IRC network. There are thousands of IRC networks out there with as many as 100,000 users to tiny, specific-interest networks of a handful of users. AfterX is a small-moderate sized IRC network with a history tracing back to 1996. You cannot be on a different network to another person and expect to able to chat to that person very easily.

Why IRC over the likes of MSN Messenger and AOL Chat?

IRC allows you to talk to complete strangers in a room full of other people. You can drop in and out, without revealing your true identity and you do not have to show your email address to everyone. Each channel on a network is different, for a specific interest, hobby, type of chat or type of people - you may have an adult-natured channel where people may chat in a randy manner, or a help channel on how to create websites. These are easy to find using the /list command.

How do I connect to IRC?

You can use a Java-powered client via a website to connect, for example - http://www.afterx.net/chat - however web-based IRC software is not very powerful, often limiting you to being in one channel at a time. You can download a program for your computer, known as a client which gives you more functionality, such as the ability to be in more than one channel at once, hold a multitude of private conversations, and thread to different networks at the same time (although you still can't chat to the same user on a different network).

mIRC is the most common client for the Windows system - you can download it from http://www.mirc.co.uk and XChat is rapidly gaining popularity amongst Linux users for their choice of IRC client (also available for Windows) - see http://www.xchat.org

Then type /join #AfterX and start chatting! Don't be shy!

Commands are prefixed with / (so the IRC software knows it is a command and not a message you are sending)
Channels are prefixed with # (so the IRC network knows you want a channel and not a person!)

Help! I can't connect to to the network!

See Problems for more details.



For more information about IRC in general, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRC or check out these links (also from the Wikipedia site):

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External links

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