Lois & Clark Forums Forums General Discussion Technical Help and How To's IRC Quiz

This is going great! Thanks for all the hints.

This weekend, while I'm traveling, I'll try to put this together into a reference page!

Thanks for all the input!

Annie, Kathy, I'm *wounded* that you doubt me! I just wanted to give someone else a chance to answer. I was around back when various people were TDOCKs and TDOLLs!

Mel, Paul's summed it up rather well. I thought a mention might be funny, but there's a point at which readers' eyes glaze over. I wouldn't want to talk too much and wear out my welcome

PJ

Okay, Pam... I won't pursue it any more. Promise.

Ya'll are asking all these really hard questions about IRC and I can't even figure out how to use the darn thing! Anybody want to help me?

Caroline

Howdy

The Lovely Evil Elena took this pic for me when I was figuring out how to get on.



It shows the server she recommended with the big red arrow (at least for the L&C channels), and then after you pick a nickname, click connect to IRC. Then it'll take forever to connect (if it's my computer <g>) and a join channel screen will come up...the one I go to is #loisclark so I type

'#loisclark password'...the L&C ones are password protected.

Also go here for more info http://lcfanfic.com/faq_archive.html#whatisirc

The Archive there has plenty of info on it, plus there are people way more IRC coordinated than I am here <g>.

Jen

Jen's already pointed you to the ARchive FAQ, Caroline, where you'll find basic instructions, which should hopefully help you get started.

Once you have mirc downloaded and installed, the main thing to remember about connecting to an LNC channel is that you must use an Undernet server from among those on the server list. If you don't you'll probably end up sitting in an empty channel. <G>

Any undernet server will do - if you don't get a connection first time, simply switch to another and try again. Very rarely, mirc is so busy that none of them will let you connect, but most times you should be able to get on with one of them.

You can tell when you are connected by the fact that after the rush of text you get you are greeted by a 'Fact of the Day' from your chosen server. You see that on the screen - you're in.

If you have problems along the way - just ask! We've all been there. It is never a dumb question.

LabRat (remembering sitting in a channel of her own for hours because someone forgot to tell her it had to be an Undernet server....)

Really, Labby? I thought it was just me!

I sat there for hours, several times, trying different times of day... and wondered where everyone was! Then I saw a post that casually mentioned the Undernet... and these days, I can occasionally be found there.