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<!--<span style="color: red">'''The previous IRC network is down for unknown reason those days!!!'''</span><BR>
The '''FlightGear IRC Network''' is an online system that will allow you to talk to a lot of people around the world. It consists of localised servers that are all linked up to form a seamless chat network so if you are based in England you would connect to a nearby server in England and you would see exactly the same people as someone connecting to a server in the USA.
Not long ago the server we used went down for unknown reason. Its domain (http://flightbase.de, the one '''irc.flightgear.org''' points to!) is for sale and therefore the guess is, that it will not come online again soon, if ever.<BR>
ATM we are using mpserver12.flightgear.org


The channels we are running:
To connect to the IRCnet network you first need a suitable client. For users of Mozilla browsers (like Firefox), the plugin [https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/16 ChatZilla] is surely a good option. You can also use [http://www.xchat.org/ XChat] (Linux and Windows), [http://sourceforge.net/projects/xchataqua/ X-Chat Aqua] (X Chat Mac), [http://www.silverex.org/ SilverEx] (X Chat windows Free Build),  [http://www.pidgin.im/ Pidgin], [http://colloquy.info/ Colloquy] (for Mac), [http://www.mirc.com/ mIRC] or any other client.
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Please visit this page in the upcoming days/weeks, we will update it and bring it in shape again as soon as we have more info. !-->
When you first login to the network you must pick yourself a unique nickname for the current chat session. Nicknames can be up to 9 characters in length and contain numbers and some punctuation characters. Some examples of nicknames you can use are:
 
* Fred
* BIG_fred
* ^Fred^
* Fred-
* ^Fred
* fred007
 
It doesn't matter about capital or lower case letters in the nickname since they are treated the same when people want to contact you and there are some weird and obscure rules about nicknames such as them not being able to begin with a "-" character. Most of these rules have no rhyme nor reason to them but we didn't write the software, we just have to try and tell people how to use it. Have an experiment and see what suits you best.
 
Once you found your personal unique nickname you may want to register it with '''NickServ''' (see below).


The '''FlightGear IRC''' (Internet Relay Chat) '''channel''' is a chat room related to everything about [[FlightGear]]. It's mostly used by developers, but it is also a good place to ask for help if you are having a question.  
The '''FlightGear IRC''' (Internet Relay Chat) '''channel''' is a chat room related to everything about [[FlightGear]]. It's mostly used by developers, but it is also a good place to ask for help if you are having a question.  
To enter the IRC, you need an IRC client installed on your computer. For users of Mozilla browsers (like Firefox), the plugin [https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/16 ChatZilla] is surely a good option. You can also use [http://www.xchat.org/ XChat] (Linux and Windows), [http://sourceforge.net/projects/xchataqua/ X-Chat Aqua] (X Chat Mac), [http://www.silverex.org/ SilverEx] (X Chat windows Free Build),  [http://www.pidgin.im/ Pidgin], [http://colloquy.info/ Colloquy] (for Mac), [http://www.mirc.com/ mIRC] or any other client.


== Official hosts ==
== Official hosts ==
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