Looking to set up an IRC server on LAN
reddit / irc

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ProRedditor937 · 2020-09-01 08:45

I am a complete beginner when it comes to IRC, so I would like some
pointers on how to set up a local server, not connected to the
internet.

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ProgVal · 2020-09-01 11:52

You don't need any specific setup for that. Actually it's even simpler
than making it available from the internet as you don't need to set up
a port redirect or open ports (assuming your LAN is behind a NAT or
blocks incoming connections, which is the default setting of most
routers).

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I-am-fun-at-parties · 2020-09-01 18:07

ngircd is reasonably straightforward for a small server

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White_Phoenix · 2020-09-02 08:35

UnrealIRCd for Windows isn't ideal anymore?

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I-am-fun-at-parties · 2020-09-02 08:42

No idea, it didn't cross my mind that someone would want to run an
ircd on windows.

But aside from that, unreal for a small presumably one-server IRC net
sounds like overkill to me

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Dijit · 2020-09-02 08:45

If you haven’t seen it there is the fantastic oragono project which
includes basically everything you could need in a single binary. It’s
written in Go and from my testing it is much easier to set up than
what I currently use (inspircd+atheme).

Hosting on LAN, as another commenter mentions: is easier than making
it available to the external internet. So it should be very easy to
set up.

Just follow the QuickStart. :)

https://github.com/oragono/oragono