IRCBouncer

IRC

Stay online permanently

• Why?
  • you don't want to miss all the important conversations
  • people can leave you messages even when you are not in front of your PC

• How?
  • using combination of screen & terminal based IRC client
  • using IRC bouncer

screen & terminal based client

• Pros
  • highly customizable clients
  • scripting support
  • preconfigured irssi configuration file
• Cons
  • requires shell access
• Links
  • irssi & screen guide
  • weechat quickstart

IRC bouncer

• Pros
  • use any client you want
  • supports multiple clients concurrently
  • server side plugins
• Cons
  • requires server with running bouncer instance
• Links
  • general bouncer description
  • ZNC

base48 bouncer

• ask User:Rmarko for an account
• access administration interface - https://znc.base48.cz:4848
• change your password
• edit your configuration
  • server field should contain `irc.freenode.net +6697`
  • plugins to enable:
    • admin - to be able to configure bouncer via IRC
    • chansaver - keeps track of channels you join/part
    • keepnick
    • nickserv - if using authentication with NickServ (freenode only)
  • set Buffer Size to reasonable value (e.g. 500)
  • don't forget to hit save
• use your favorite IRC client to connect to znc.base48.cz on port 4848
  • enable SSL
  • provide username & password (username != nick)
  • irssi config:
    • /server add -auto -network znc -ssl znc.base48.cz 4848 username:password
    • /server connect
    • /save
• connect to some channels
• try restarting your client
• for more information refer to znc wiki