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 ====== AfterNET ZNC Bouncer ====== ====== AfterNET ZNC Bouncer ======
  
-An IRC Bouncer is a tool you can do to enhance your IRC experience in 3 main ways: +**Please Note:** The AfterNET ZNC service will be discontinued on April 30th 2022. We apologize for the inconvenience. Any users currently configured to use our ZNC to connect to AfterNET will need to take action before then in order to avoid disconnection. 
-  * Hide your real connect/disconnects so users on IRC don't see them. Great if your home internet is flakey +===== Options: ===== 
-  * Allows multiple IRC Clients to connect to IRC via the same single nickname and see eachothers activity (For if you use multiple computers/devices) + 
-  * Stores a bit of the scroll buffer and plays it back when you reconnect later, so you don't miss context while you are gone+  * Host ZNC (or similar) yourself: If you have a host that is always connected to the internet (such as a cloud VPC) you can host ZNC yourself. See [[https://wiki.znc.in/ZNC]]. There are also other bouncers you might consider, such as [[https://www.garion.org/irssi/irssi-proxy.php]] 
 +  * Switch to connecting directly: You can reconfigure your IRC client(s) to use irc.afternet.org directly instead of znc.afternet.org to stop using ZNC but still connect to AfterNET. 
 +  * Pay for a service: [[https://www.irccloud.com/]] offers a similar service for $5 a month which works well.  
 +  * Switch to Matrix: [[:help:matrix|Matrix]] is a modern IRC replacement similar to discord, slack, etc, but open and federated. In addition, we operate an IRC <-> Matrix bridge so you can participate in AfterNET IRC via matrix clients! Because the matrix protocol was designed for the modern era, it does not require a bouncer to maintain a connection.
  
-Every registered user of afternet automatically has access to our ZNC bouncer. ZNC, like the older BNC or irssi-proxy tools, lets you stay connected to IRC even when you are disconnected from the internet. You can also connect to IRC multiple times (from different computers, say) at once with only a single nick on IRC. Each end is relayed messages automatically. Further, you can see a backlog of chat in your channels when you connect so you don't miss out. 
  
-To use our ZNC, first get [[:help:connecting:login-on-connect]] working. Then simply change from host 'irc.afternet.org' to host 'znc.afternet.org'. You can interact with the bouncer by going to [[https://znc.afternet.org:9998/]] or sending a private message to the bot named ''*status'' when you are connected.  Try ''/msg *status help'' to get started. 
  

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