Connecting with an IRC Client

The easiest way: WebChat

You can connect straight from your browser with nothing to install. Open WebChat, type your nickname and join. It works on phones and computers, and it needs no approval.

⚠ Connecting with an IRC client needs approval

Direct client access to the network is closed by default. To connect with mIRC, HexChat, irssi or any other client you need a connection password issued by the administration. Ask for one through the contact page, saying which nickname you use.

This is not a formality: it is how we keep automated abuse off the network. WebChat stays open to everyone precisely so that the requirement never blocks an ordinary visitor.

Server details

There is no plain-text port. The unencrypted port was closed deliberately: a password sent over it would travel across the network in the clear. A client without TLS support cannot connect — see Secure (TLS) connection.

mIRC

1. Open mIRC and press Alt+E for the Connect window.
2. Servers → Add: address irc.yudum.net, port 6697.
3. Tick the SSL box, enter your nickname and the password you were given, then connect.

In one line:

/server +irc.yudum.net:6697 <your connection password>

HexChat

1. Network List (Ctrl+S) → Add → name it Yudum.
2. Edit → server line irc.yudum.net/+6697.
3. Tick Use SSL for all servers on this network.
4. Put your connection password in the Password field, enter your nickname and connect.

irssi

/connect -tls irc.yudum.net 6697 <your connection password>

Once you are connected

• Register your nickname so it stays yours.
• Join a channel with /join #channel.
• Browse the open rooms on the channel list.

If you cannot connect

• Check that your client really is using TLS — a plain connection will simply be refused.
• Check that you entered the connection password. Without it the server rejects the session.
• If you do not want to install anything, WebChat always works.
• Still stuck? Write to us.