IRCG for Windows

You can now run IRCG on Windows! Note that Windows 95/98/ME do not seem to properly handle IRCG. Positive results have so far been achieved on Windows 2000 and XP.

• Download ircg-2.8-win32.zip
• Extract the zip file using Winzip or equivalent tools
• Start: Run the extracted IRCG.BAT
• Stop: Halt execution of IRCG.BAT using CTRL-C.
• You now have a web server running on port 80.
• You can adapt the PHP files under root\ to serve your needs.

Note that you need a IRC server to connect to. irc.fu-berlin.de is preconfigured. Depending on your location, it might refuse connections from your IP though or it might simply be down.

IRCG supports any public IRC server as well as private ones. Just make sure that you can connect to them with an ordinary IRC client. Then edit root\login.php and replace the IP there with the IP of your preferred IRC server. Example:

$_SESSION["id"] = ircg_pconnect($_REQUEST["nick"], "194.97.2.2", "6667");

Free IRC servers for Windows include UnrealIRCD.

Please let us know what results you achieve by sending an email to the mailing list.