In mIRC - if you go to the Options [it's the hammer], go to connect then servers. From the list, pick undernet, then select. That should take you back to the connect menu. Click connect.
In *my* experience, the webbased chats are unstable and don't work well for long periods of time.
mIRC is available for download for free for 30 days. After that, it really is fairly simple to continue to use without paying for it [though harder than it used to be]. If you're only using it once a year for Kerths, uninstall for a year, then reinstall would work too of course. I think I used mine for about 6mos before I paid for it [10 bucks which was well worth it to me as I do use it regularly].
Carol
