Some popular IRCds include Unreal IRCD (which also runs on Windows), Bahamut (DALnet's IRCd) and ircu (Undernet's IRCd). You need a program called an 'IRCd' (Internet Relay Chat daemon), or, for Windows users, a 'wIRCd' (Windows Internet Relay Chat daemon). Ideally, it also requires a non-Windows platform (*nix/FreeBSD). You may of course also want to search Google.Ĭreating a server for your friends to connect to and chat on is complicated and, in most cases, does require a bit of IRC knowledge and how things work.

There are also a number of websites which provide a list of IRC networks - examples include and.

As an FYI, an IRC network is just a group of IRC servers linked together. You can then choose an IRC network or an individual IRC server. You can see the servers.ini file at or you can go to ALT+O > Connect > Servers. mIRC itself comes with a servers.ini file which contains many networks, small and large, that you may want to try out. There are many resources to find a network/server that you can chat on. You may already know where you want to go, or may already have a 'home' network that you go to - in which case, skip this part! If you're going to start chatting, you will need to connect to an IRC Server.

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