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IRC stands for Internet Relay Chat and in this tutorial we hope to familiarise you with the general commands, etiquette of chat and the role played by channel operators.
IRC stands for Internet Relay Chat and in this tutorial we hope to familiarise you with the general commands, etiquette of chat and the role played by channel operators.


To connect to the IRC server on RedBrick just visit [http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/chat www.redbrick.dcu.ie/chat] and select your preferred method. The default IRC client on Rebrick is [[Irssi|irssi]]. If you're in a shell, just type chat and hit return to join.
To connect to the IRC server on RedBrick just visit [http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/chat www.redbrick.dcu.ie/chat] and select your preferred method. The default IRC client on Rebrick is [[Irssi|irssi]]. If you're in a shell, just type chat and hit return to join, and you'll be greeted with a screen like this
 
[[Image:Welcome_to_chat.gif]]
 


If you want to leave chat just type:
If you want to leave chat just type: