I want to install MIRC on my server but I'm not sure how to do it. If anyone can help me out on this, I would be very grateful!
The first question to ask yourself: is this against the TOS of my hosting provider? Most web hosting providers do not allow IRC clients or servers to be on their networks. This is due to the high likely hood of them being (d)DoSed. If they do allow IRC on the server then you need to figure out what you want to do. If you are looking for an IRC proxy then you should install what is called a bouncer. This will allow you to connect to any IRC server from any computer via your server. If you are looking for hosting your own IRC server then I would suggest reading quite a few tutorials around the net. I've found that unreal IRCD works the best for my situation. There are many other servers out there that work just as well. The last common answer is just to use an IRC client on the server. The IRC client will allow you to connect via SSH to an IRC server. If you are running a Linux server then you need a command line IRC client, irsii is the best command line client. This is my primary IRC client and works like a charm. If you do have a GUI on the server then you can use mirc, xchat, and others. I am going to give another warning, check your TOS before you try any of these options. I have seen many people get booted off a network for using IRC on it. If you are just trying to protect yourself from being DoSed use TOR.
Install IRC ? you mean client or server ? if server then you can try "bahamut" unreal, etc. if client then you may try bitchx, etc. Google it !
Basically I want to install IRC on my server so people can chat to each other on my channel. I don't know any thing about IRC and I find it very confusing.
Which hosting plan plan do you have with your provider? Many hosts allow IRC only on their VPS or Dedicated Server plans.
Do you already have an irc server that you want people to be able to connect to via the web? If so you probably want something like pjirc http://www.pjirc.com/main.php
Nope I don't have an irc server. Can someone plz tell me how I would set one up? Also I have a dedicated server.
If you really have to ask how to setup an IRCD on a forum such as this then you are probably not ready to set one up. If you are really going to do it I suggest taking a look at the unrealircd docs http://www.unrealircd.com/files/docs/unreal32docs.html
For beginners i recommend them to try first UnrealIRCd. You can find howto's at www.ticket-support.info
Thank you sleetz for that! With MIRC, I just want it on my server so people can chat to each other lol Is it hard to install it on my server?
I would highly suggest using a server side language such as PHP or to create a web based chat. If you are just looking for a way for your users to chat then a chat of this sort should fill the gap. If you are looking at running an IRC server (which we all thought you wanted) the the above links should work. If your server runs PHP then the following search should bring you to some decent results. I've never ran any of these so I have no idea about how good they are. I am sure others have. http://www.google.com/search?q=php chat
Thank you Chicken for that. I'm just finding irc hard to understand. Please correct me if I am wrong. 1) You have a server 2) You get the IRC files and upload them to the server. 3) You then config irc chat to your specification. 4) Then people can start chatting?
The basic steps to setting up an IRC server: 1. find a host that supports IRC 2. find the daemon you want to use (like unrealircd) 3. extract and compile the daemon while crossing your fingers it wont fail 4. go through the the config file and tweak it to work properly for your server 5. start the daemon 6. fix any errors it prints out 7. try to start the daemon again 8. repeat until the daemon starts without errors 9. use an IRC client, such as mirc, xchat, irssi, or others 10. have people connect to your irc server OR Use a PHP chat system that just saves everything to a mysql database and have not quite live chat on your site. If you are looking for something like http://wechat.info/ then I suggest you take this route. More IRC info: http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/irctutorial.html
UnrealIRCd is very easy to install, also i recommend you to use services like Anope. (to register channel, nicknames etc) DON'T FORGET TO SET A IP FOR YOUR IRCD SERVER, IF YOU HOST MORE IRCD'S ON YOUR DEDICATED SERVER.