IRC

Setting up an irssi Proxy

IRC stands for Internet Relay Chat, creating a internet chat with out the need for an account. This is an addtional way to contact the CS Admins for a help, you will probably also need to submit a ticket into help@cs.ksu.edu.

To set up an irssi proxy, you'll need to load irssi in a screen and do the following:

1. Type screen -U this will keep the irssi seesion open.
2. Start irssi by typing irssi
3. Connect to type /Connect irc.freenode.net
4. At this time you can load the irssi proxy module by typing /load proxy
5. Now join a chatroom by typing /join #ksucis
6. When you a finished you can idle irssi with "Ctrl + a" then "d" this will detach srcreen and idle irssi
7. To Reattach screen with screen -rAad

Edit the Config file of irssi for auto login

1. nano .irssi/config
2. Add the following line to the servers block
   { address = "irc.freenode.net"; chatnet = "freenode"; port = "6667"; autoconnect = "yes";}
3. Add the following lines to the channels block
   { name = "#ksucis"; chatnet = "freenode"; autojoin = "yes"; },
4. restart irssi