Bouncer /
Connecting with XChat
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- From the menu, select
File
→Network List...
.
- If your nick name is blank, fill in your nick name with the bouncer username you registered. If your user name is blank, fill in your user name with the bouncer username you registered.
- At the bottom-left corner, click on the
+
button to add a new network.
Name the networknetwork-bnc
; for example, if you want to connect toircnow
, name itircnow-bnc
. Then, click onShow details
. - Select the
General
tab.
Hostname
: the bouncer server address (it should look likeexample.ircnow.org
)Port
: 31337- Check
SSL
- Uncheck
Use global user information
Nick name
: the bouncer username you registeredUser name
: the bouncer username you registered.
- Select the
Connecting
tab
- Check
Auto connect to this network at startup
- Check
Use SSL for all the servers on this network
Server password
:username/network:password
-- for example, if your username isjohn
, the network you want to connect to isircnow
, and your password isabcde12345
, then fill injohn/ircnow:abcde12345
.
- Check
- Click
Connect in a new tab
at the bottom of the left window. - If you see a message saying ZNC is not yet connected to the network, type
/znc connect
-- wait a few minutes to connect.