Welcome to the ioNET IRC Information page

This page is maintained and updated by Bill Bradford, ioNET Tech Support,
who goes by the nickname Mr_Bill while using IRC.

You can send your IRC questions to irc@ionet.net.

The problem with irc.ionet.net refusing connections is fixed now.
Sorry about that.

Information about IRC

IRC Client Software

Here's the best IRC client software I can find for the various platforms that ioNET supports. If your opinions differ with mine, let me know, and I'll add a link.

Platform

Software

URL:

Windows 3.1 & 95mIRC 3.92http://sunsite.nijenrode.nl/ftp/pub/mirc/index.html
WS-IRC 2.0ftp://papa.indstate.edu/winsock-l/winirc/wsirc20.exe
Visual IRC 0.81http://apollo3.com/~acable/virc.html"
OS/2IRC/2ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/os2/network/tcpip/irc2_060.zip
IRCII for OS/2ftp://ftp.primenet.com/users/p/peetah/ircII/vers309.zip
GammaTech IRCftp://ftp.ionet.net/pub/gammatech/gtirc104.zip
MacintoshHomer 0.94ftp://ftp.delphi.com/pub/mirrors/info-mac/comm/tcp/homer-094.hqx
ircle 2.1.8ftp://ftp.delphi.com/pub/mirrors/info-mac/comm/tcp/ircle-218.hqx

IRC Server List

Many users have called asking for a list of good IRC servers to use.
Here are the servers that I've found provide a decent response time
from ioNET:

IRC Network Server Name Port Number

EFNet

 irc.ionet.net6665,6666,6667,6668
irc-2.texas.net6665, 6666, 6667, 6668
mickey.cc.utexas.edu6667
minnie.cc.utexas.edu 6667
tramp.cc.utexas.edu6667
irc-2.mit.edu6667
irc.colorado.edu6667
cs-pub.bu.edu6667

UnderNet

undernet.org6667
austin.tx.us.undernet.org6667
manhattan.ks.us.undernet.org6667
norman.ok.us.undernet.org6667

LinuxNet

irc.blackdown.org
(Channel #linux)		6667

DalNet

 irc.dal.net6667

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