How to Connect

This page provides information on how to connect to your IRC Bouncer using an IRC client.

Most Clients

Most IRC clients include a /server command that can be used to connect to your bouncer. The syntax usually looks like this:

/server <server>:+<port> <username>:<password>

Below is an example of the /server command used to connect to a CUSHELL bouncer over SSL:

/server 78.24.190.206:+1339 TestUser:password

If your account contains multiple IRC networks and you want to attach to a specific network, you can use the following syntax:

/server 78.24.190.206:+1339 TestUser/IRCnet:password

SSL Connections

We strongly recommend using SSL connections whenever possible in order to encrypt traffic between your IRC client and the bouncer.

SASL / Cloaking Connections

Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) is a framework for authentication and data security in Internet protocols. It decouples authentication mechanisms from application protocols, in theory allowing any authentication mechanism supported by SASL to be used in any application protocol that uses SASL.

I recommend finding out how each IRC network works so you can log in using SASL / Cloaking .

Supported Clients