AustNet.org

AustNet has servers strategically placed to provide coverage to nearly all countries worldwide. To obtain the best connection, you should generally find the closest server to you and connect to it using your IRC client of choice. You are able to easily connect to our IRC servers using the following addresses:

• International connections: irc.austnet.org

• Australia: au.austnet.org

• Asia: sg.austnet.org

• Europe: eu.austnet.org

• USA: us.austnet.org

For a more specific connection to one of the current servers connected to the network, connect to any of the following using your IRC client:

Australia:

• comcen.nsw.au.austnet.org
  Location: Sydney, New South Wales
  Sponsor: Comcen Internet
  Server Administrator: c0n
  Server Operators: cam

• iinet.wa.au.austnet.org
  Location: Perth, Western Australia
  Sponsor: iiNet Limited
  Server Administrators: RogerY, prk
  Limitations: This server is available only to WAIX and peering hosts.

Singapore:

• pacific.sg.austnet.org
  Location: Singapore
  Sponsor: Pacific Internet
  Server Administrator: Chenghwa
  Server Operators: none

• starhub.sg.austnet.org
  Location: Singapore
  Sponsor: StarHub
  Server Administrator: Solomon
  Server Operators: Chenghwa

USA:

• restored.il.us.austnet.org
  Location: Illinois, USA
  Server Administrator: longie
  Server Operators: Vapid, skip, Kevin
  Ports: 6666-6668, 7000

• apollo.tx.us.austnet.org
  Location: Texas, USA
  Server Administrator: trekster
  Server Operators: none
  Ports: 6666-6668, 7000

IRC Clients

You can download any of the IRC clients listed below to connect to our IRC servers.  A comprehensive list of IRC clients is available on IRC Reviews (http://www.ircreviews.org/clients/) and for updated news on IRC client releases check out IRC 101 (http://www.irc101.org/news.php?client=archive)

Amiga       amIRC   http://www.vapor.com/products/?prod=amirc     Chatbox   http://www.hut.fi/~samzait/chatbox/ BeOS       Bardak   http://207.16.16.37/Bardak/     Baxter   http://www.abisoft.com/Baxter/     Bowser   http://bowser.sourceforge.net     LnIRC   http://www.braprogram.com/LnIRC/ Macintosh       IRCle   http://www.ircle.com     MacIRC   http://www.macirc.com     ShadowIRC   http://www.shadowirc.com     Snak   http://www.snak.com/Snak.html Palm Pilot       PalmIRC   http://www.pda.tucows.com/palm/preview/34464.html     upIRC   http://www.smittyware.com/palm/upirc/ Unix       BitchX   http://www.bitchx.org     EPIC   http://www.epicsol.org     ircII   http://www.eterna.com.au/ircii/     irssi   http://irssi.org/     kvirc   http://www.kvirc.net     ScrollZ   http://www.scrollz.com/     sIRC   http://www.iagora.com/~espel/sirc/sirc.html     X-chat   http://www.xchat.org     Zircon   http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Programs/Zircon/ Windows       dIRC   http://www.dragonmount.net/software/dirc/     Klient   http://www.klient.com     Leafchat   http://www.leafdigital.com/Software/leafChat/     mIRC   http://www.mirc.com     pIRCh   http://www.pirchat.com     WiRC   http://wircirc.cjb.net     XiRCON   http://www.xircon.com Windows .NET       .IRC   http://www.dotirc.com WindowsCE       IrcCE   http://www.movsoftware.com/ircce.htm     PocketChat   http://www.sspocketchat.com/

What if I’m new to IRC?

You can try any of the following recommended websites, which provide great introductions to IRC.

www.irc-junkie.org	IRC-Junkie is a non-profit website that is maintained by IRC users for IRC users. It provides articles and tutorials that serve as a source of information concerning technical, security as well as amusing aspects of using IRC.
www.new2chat.com	New2Chat is a great site for chat newbies. Visit here if you need to learn about how IRC works, basic IRC commands, client information, and much more.
www.irchelp.org	One of the most complete IRC help websites, containing over a thousand help files, FAQs, primers, guides, downloadable clients & scripts, and server lists.
www.scriptheaven.net	One of the few scripting sites with trojan/backdoor free scripts, bots and add-ons. In here you will also find links, information and multiple resources for mIRC scripts, bots, add-ons plus eggdrops and clients and much more.
www.IRC101.org	IRC101 is a very clean looking news site. It features IRC news, polls, forums and their own unique IRC stats for the major networks.
www.hawkee.com	A mIRC script website with hundreds of scripts, addons, popups and bots.
ircimages.com	IRC Images is a site that pulls urls from all the channels SearchIRC indexes, and displays the most recently added channel topics that contain graphics and shockwave files (SWF) in an easy-to browse format.