Internet Relay Chat

Prepared by:
Kh. Mustafizur Rahman
Lecturer,
Dept. Of CSE.
World University Of Bangladesh
 contents
• What is IRC?
• Chatting in mIRC
• Chatting in Microsoft Chat and V-Chat
• Chatting in Ircle
• Chatting in Ircii
• Starting and Managing a Channel
• General IRC Tips
 What is IRC?
• Internet Relay Chat
– Social banter and interaction
• IRC Networks
– IRC backbone, Internert link IRC server groups
– EFnet(Eris Free net)
– UnderNet(http://www.undernet.org)
– DALnet(http://www.dal.net)
 IRC Servers
• Widely used Servers
– EFnet Servers
• Irc.magic.ca / irc.colorado.edu
– UnderNet Servers
• Ann-arbor.mi.us.undernet.org
• Austin.tx.undernet.org
– DALnet Servers
• Irc.dal.net
• Irc.services.dal.net
 IRC Servers
• Ports on IRC Servers
– Default port 6667
– IRC server ports 6660 6670
• Servers for Kids
– Supervision IRC
– Kidlink
• Kidlink : 15 Global network
• more information : http://www.kidlink.org
 channel
• chat room
• EFnet : 7,000 channel
• Undernet : 5,000 channel
• Dalnet : 2,300 ~ 3,000 channel
• Example
– Channels for socializing : #teenchat, #friends
– Channels for collectors : #coins
– Channels for help with IRC itself : #newbies
 Channel
• Channeljoin
– IRC server
– Alphabetized list
• Some Recommended Channels
– #30plus, #40plus
– Playing game
• Channel regular participants unique
character
 IRC Programs and IRC
Commands
• The original IRC programs text-based
UNIX programs
– irc, ircii
– IRC command(/ command)
• /list : channel list join : channel
• Wondows and Mac-based IRC S/W
– mIRC, Microsoft Chat, V-Chat, Ircle(Mac)
 Nicknames and Chanops
• IRC server nickname(or nick)
• Channel operator
– Chanops(channel operator)
– Create a topic
– Give operator status to others
– Kick people off the channel
 Netspilts and Lags
• Netspilts
– Net server(server disappear)
– Caused by Overload of users
• Lags
– Message server net
– Netspilt
• DCC(Direct Client to Client protocol)
– One to one(chat or send files)
– Bypass IRC server, connect your ISP to the other
person’s ISP
 Chatting in mIRC
• Getting mIRC
– http://mirc.co.uk
• Connection to an IRC Server
• Listing Channels
• Joining Channels
• Starting to chat
• Whispering
• Sending files
• Leaving Channels and Disconnecting from servers
The mIRC Setup dialog box
Listing / joining Channels
Starting to chat
 Chatting in Microsoft Chat
and V-Chat
• Getting Microsoft Chat and V-chat
– http://mschat.msn.com
• Connecting
• Listing channels
• Joining Channels and Chatting
• Whispering
• Actions
Getting Microsoft Chat
Listing channels
Starting Chatting
 Staring and Managing a
Channel
• Type “/who #channelname”
• Channel operator
– /mode command
• Setting the Topic
– Type “/topic subject”
• Kicking and Banning Users
– Kick : channel
– Ban(banish) : kick + rejoin
• Designating Other Chanops
• Other chanop Commands
 General IRC Tips
• Productive, pleasant and safe Tips
– IRC is not case-sensitive
– With the larger nets, requesting a list of
channels can disconnect you from your server.
– When you a private message (whisper) by
the /msg command
– Learning More : http://net.gurus.com/irc
 Windows-base Chat
• Web-based chat is even more convenient than Windows-
based IRC programs. Users do not need to install any
program. They reach a chat site, log in and begin to chat.
• There are two forms of web-based chat rooms: html
version and Java Applet version. The html chat rooms are
programmed in html (hypertext mark-up language) and the
Java Applet chaত rooms are programmed in Java
language.
• Not all chat rooms support Chinese codes.
 ICQ
• ICQ stands for ‘I seek you’.
• It is a special synchronous communication program
installed on your computer.
• You create a list of your friends or a ‘buddy list’.
When your friends are online, you will be notified.
You may initiate chat immediately.
• MSN, AOL and many Internet providers have this
service now.
 Voice Chat
• Voice Chat is the chat using voice.
• Once you connect to a voice chat server, your can talk to
other people in the same chat room or listen to their
talking.
•  The sound quality depends on several factors such as:
speed of the Internet connection, Internet traffic and
number of participants in the same chat room.
• Voice chat rooms may have a limit of numbers of
participants.
Difference of half-duplex and full
duplex mode
• Half duplex mode means that at one time, you can
either talk or listen. Talking and listening cannot
happen at the same time like telephone conversation.
• Full duplex mode means that talking and listening
happen at the same time.