Greetings, In this guide I will be showing how to set your BNC to connect the server you want to assign it to, using Quakenet as an example. First thing I will do is gather up the required info by whois'ing myself. - (03:46:27) (( /whois start )) (03:46:27) —› alan- is "alan" (~axehut@Alan.users.quakenet.org) (03:46:27) —› alan- using xs4all.nl.quakenet.org (XS4ALL QuakeNet IRC Server) (03:46:27) —› alan- authed as "Alan" (03:46:27) —› alan- real host ~axehut@dialup-X.XXX.XX.XXX.Dial1.Cincinnati1.Level3.net (X.XXX.XX.XXX Actual user@host, Actual IP) (03:46:27) —› alan- has been idle for 12secs (03:46:27) —› alan- signed on 22secs ago (03:46:27) (( /whois end )) - I take note, that I am not running an ident server, hence why I have an ~ in the front of my user name before the @ on the first line. Please NOTE if you are requesting for Undernet, it is required that your identd is !!LOWERCASE!! if it is not lowercase now, then make sure it becomes lowercase. If you are running an identd server, or you can't be bothered to check, go to the email settings in mIRC and use the part before the @ in the email. Now I follow the following steps accordingly. Why? Because it is in the rule(s) I will eventually (or already) agree to abide by for the service of my totally free BNC account. Now after I've figured out where I'm headed to, BNC connection wise, I go and connect to irc.TotalIRC.net After connecting and joining the channels #BNC and #TotalIRC, I register my nick. TotalIRC is anope based, standard registry commands apply, nothing fancy; /nick NickYouWant (while on the nick I want to register) /msg nickserv register password email@host.com (example: "/msg nickserv register applepies rs.alan@hotmail.com") After completion of registering my nick and ID'ing myself, I then sign up on http://bnc.totalirc.net/index.php?page=rules if I haven't already. Before signing up, I double check the rules and make I fully understand them because it would be a shame to lose my BNC over a simple rule I didn't bother to read. After I've read the rules I click "Sign up HERE" and fill out the questions accurately. After this done, I login using the information I just provided. After Logging in, I see this: - Logged in as: example Access level: New user - You may laugh, but a lot of people seem to think this is all the steps required to requesting a BNC. Sadly, those people are mistaken. Just under the 'Access level: New User' there is a button called "Request BNC" I click on that button to progress in my quest for requesting a BNC. After clicking, I check the box "I have read the rules and understand them, if I break them, I may lose my BNC account" then click continue. Now for the final step in requesting: User name/Identd: [__________] This is often in your identd section in mIRC, or your email if the port is not open. Network: [__________] The network you request this BNC for, if f.ex irc.quakenet.org, type in Quakenet What is your Identd? Remember the beginning of the guide, when I ran a /whois MyNick and got back, (03:46:27) —› alan- is "alan" (~axehut@Alan.users.quakenet.org) MY identd is the part that says "axehut", not ~axehut@ or ~axehut, just axehut. The network I want to connect to is of course, irc.quakenet.org. So I'll fill out this request like this: Username/Identd: axehut Network: Quakenet Then I click "Request" and I will receive and a email showing my request, I can ignore this one, its pretty much just going to tell me that I've placed a request to such and such network. Now my account status has changed to: - Logged in as: example Access level: Pending BNC - NOW I HAVE OFFICIALLY REQUESTED A BNC! How do I know this without a doubt in my mind? "Access level: Pending BNC" All official staff members are notified as soon as a BNC request is made, so there's no reason I should spas out saying "can someone pleaseeeeeeeeeeeee accept my request!?!?". Place trust in the fact that it will be accepted as soon a staff member gets around to it, we aren't online 24/7, but it will generally be accepted within at least 24 hours, depending on when you make the request, could be a matter of minutes. (Usually is not longer then a matter of hours) Hooray! My request for access to use the free BNC's provided by TotalIRC.net has been accepted! In my acceptance email I just got, I will find, what my password is and what server/port I will connect to begin using my BNC account. The email should look a little something like this: - You have been assigned to the following server: yoda4.totalirc.net Port: 9005 Your password is XXXXXXXX Your requested username/identd is: axehut - I make sure that I am disconnected from the network I have requested, so that the BNC will not have any issues connecting. Once I receive my email I make sure my client automatically connects to both the BNC and TotalIRC. Either by own manner or I put the following script into the remote section on my IRC client (I can instantly bring this up by pressing "Alt R") I click on "new" and in a fresh clean page I copy and paste the following: on *:start:{ server irc.totalirc.net server -m irc.hostname-provided-in-email.net:9005 MybncPassword } on *:Connect:{ if ($network === TotalIRC) { .nick MyNick .ns identify MyNicksPassword .join #BNC,#TotalIRC } } Then once I've properly edited the the BNC server/port/password and my TotalIRC nick/password I close my mIRC client and reopen it. Upon starting these nifty remotes Djmaddess wrote up, I will now automatically connect to my assigned BNC server and not only that but I will connect to TotalIRC when I am online. (which is one of the rules, that by using this remote is now physically impossible for me not to abide by) Once connected to TotalIRC and my assigned BNC server, I will then perform the following commands to finish my BNC set up. BNC set Commands: Set a server for you to connect to (following my Quakenet example): /msg -sBNC set server irc.quakenet.org 6667 or if you'd like to connect to a specific linked server /msg -sBNC set xs4all.nl.quakenet.org 6667 Set real life name: /msg -sBNC set realname alan Doing this will change it from the default "ShroudBNC User" to "alan" Setting away nick (for when you disconnect): /msg -sBNC awaynick alan|BNC Setting your away reason: /msg -sBNC away I'm not online ~ BNC active Setting user modes to be set upon reconnecting: /msg -sBNC automodes RTdOowhAzW (when you reconnect you will automatically have /mode YourNick +RTdOowhAzW) Setting dropmodes: /msg -sBNC dropmodes xiRTw (say the server you want to connect to has +x, and your connection vhost is like @Swift-2372.net, if you auto drop mode x, your host will something along the lines of @Yoda4.TotalIRC.net) Reconnecting: /msg -sBNC jump Read your away logs: /msg -sBNC read Erase your away logs: /msg -sBNC erase *a little tip, you can open up a query with -sBNC (/query -sBNC) and type "read", "erase", "set " and not have to /msg -sBNC every time.* If I am in need of more personal assistance, I wont start screaming DJMADNESS HELP ME. I will simply say in #BNC "hey guys, I have a problem, blah blah when I try to blah blah, can only suggest an idea so I can finally blah blah blah" and wait patiently for a response. One thing I will not do is just start pm'ing people with my questions and repeatedly spam. There is more then one staff member, you will be helped as soon as humanly possible. If for some reason your efforts in seeking help should fail via asking in #BNC, you can always send a SINGLE email to BNC@TotalIRC.Net clearly stating my problem, what I am trying to do, what commands I am entering, basically anything relevant to my problem. If you think its relevant, include it, we can sort out the non-important things, we'd rather have you over detail then give of us half of a problem and leave us guessing what it is your exact problem is. Remember, we can't help you unless we know exactly what is wrong. Should I solve the problem on my own, I will send another email, with the same subject only this time I will include the phrase [solved] at the end of it.