you might have figured it out by now...but here it is anyway. If you downloaded mIRC and you've filled out required fields on CONNECT and CONNECT tab's IdentD, you're ready to connect. But wait, make sure on DCC tab, you checked "SHOW GET DIALOUGE". Then click okay to close the option box. on the main window, type this(inside quote) "/server irc.freenode.net 6667" do not include quotation marks. after you 're connected to the server type, "/join #Asterisk" or "/join #Asterisk-dev". Once again do not include quotation marks. next time you start up mIRC after closing, you can just click OK to the option box and click the "connect" Button. if you want to add the server to the list...well, tell me if you get this so far, ill let u know!