Advanced IRC Setup Instructions

If you're here, you're either using an operating system other than Windows or you are using something other than mIRC for your IRC needs. Below is just the information you will need to connect to the proper IRC server. The servers listed in red are the primary servers for EsperNet.

 

Server
Ports
Location
adastra.esper.net 5555, 6667, 7000 Reston, VA, USA
chocobo.esper.net 5555, 6666-6669, 7000 Sacramento, CA, USA
cosmos.esper.net 5555, 6660-6670, 7000 San Diego, CA, USA
damocles.esper.net 5555, 6660-6670, 7000 Helsinki, Finland
dream.esper.net 5555 San Diego, CA, USA
excaliber.esper.net 5555, 6666-6669, 7000, 8000 Belfast, Northern Ireland
merkava.esper.net 5555, 6667, 7000 Houston, TX, USA
weyr.esper.net 5555 Salt Lake City, UT, USA


"Dream" is the master server for the EsperNet network. "Weyr" is second best. In an ideal world/internet, you would connect to the server closest to you. However, this is not a perfect world and most of the long-timers in the channel use dream as their server no matter where they are located. Don't forget to set the port numbers correctly as the two primary servers do not use any of the "standard" IRC ports and connecting to those ports will actually put you on Dalnet, which is definately the wrong place to be.

For more information on the EsperNet IRC Network, please visit their homepage.