Re: PEAR Meeting IRC, video etc

> LIMBOURG Arnaud wrote: > > >>Hi, > >> > >>A couple of things concerning the PEAR meeting this friday in > >>Amsterdam: > >> > >>- Which IRC server do people wish to use? > >> > >>I'm not familiar with IRC myself, but I've been told we can put all > >>partipants on a unique IP outside the firewall, so > >>technically any IRC > >>server should be possible. I don't think it would be a wise > >>idea to let > >>everybody in the room participate in the IRC session. I would like to > >>project the chat window on a wall in the room so that people who > >>couldn't make it to Amsterdan can still ask questions to the > >>people in > >>the room. Ofcourse this should be in moderation to keep things from > >>slowing down to much. > >> > >> > > > >Typically the pear channel is on EFNET. but some people cannot access it due > >to firewall restrictions. > > > >Therefore the choice is FREENODE, irc.freenode.org which apparetnly works > >with everybody. > > > Okay, what sort of client windows do I need for that? Can you give me a URL? > mIrc, Mozilla has embedded irc client (just connect with /server irc.freenode.org), pirch98. Even you can use this : http://www.undernet.org/webchat.php java client. After connecting to an undernet.org irc server type /server irc.freenode.org to connect to the FreeNode network. Andrey