The MGnet Chat room is an applet that actually connects you to a chat room in Internet Relay Chat (IRC).

If you have trouble connecting to our chat through the applet provided, or if you would like a larger chat room, you can download mIRC and get to our room through a PhaZenet Server. This is not as hard or as complicated as it sounds.

IRC is not located on the World Wide Web, and therefore can not be accessed through your browser. mIRC is a program that allows you to access IRC.

We recommend you print the instructions before you begin. You will need Acrobat Reader to do this.

Print Instructions

The first step is to download mIRC.

Save this file to a folder you will remember.

ftp://ftp.mircx.com/pub/mirc/mirc59t.exe

When it finishes downloading go to that folder and click the file mirc59t.exe.

You have to install mIRC to C:\mIRC. If you have installed it to a different folder go back and delete it because installing anywhere else than C:\mIRC will cause you problems.

Now that you have mIRC installed, follow the instructions you printed earlier.

MGnet thanks Allen Tacey for creating these instructions. If you have any questions or problems, please contact Allen at atacey@mgfa-mgnet.org

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The Mac software programs available are Ircle and Snak.


Ircle has been around for a very long time and has a good reputation. Snak is relatively newer, but looks to be easier to install and use. The "Quickstart" directions on their web site make it seem very simple. Snak is getting good reviews.

If you decide to download Snak or Ircle you need to know the following:

Network: PhaZenet

Channel: #mgravis

You will have to 'ADD' the #mgravis room. It will not be listed.