Welcome to the world of IRC, and in particular, the AfterX IRC network!  

To get onto our network, just connect to one of our servers with your favorite IRC client or feel free to use our Java client on the AfterX.net website.  If you are new to IRC, visit our Wiki, which can also be found on the AfterX.net website, for a walkthrough on connecting to our network.  If you are having problems, post your question on our forums.  And, if you are interested in linking your server to our network, see the link application on our website..

Unlike many of the smaller IRC networks, AfterX has a long and varied history which can be traced back to the Icenet days in 1996 and has retained some users and staff in the last ten years, a strength of our stability and maturity.

The main official channel of the network is #AfterX, and you can find some lively chats underway on just about any topic. Be warned that some of the chat can be of "adult" content - much of IRC is like this also. If you have any problems, you can try #AfterX-help where our staff will try and help you with any network-related questions you may have. If there is no response (everyone may be asleep or busy), you can leave a message in the channel or post a question on our forums.

The network provides a number of Services to help make your chat experience fun and easy. For example, we use NickServ to "reserve" our nicknames so that someone else can't use it, and similarly for ChanServ with channels/rooms. MemoServ allows you to send a short message to another registered nickname if he/she is not on IRC at the time.  In addition, AfterX also runs a HostServ module which provides our community with the ability to hide their IP address with a custom alternative (vhost). More information on the HostServ module can be found on the IRC Service Community forums.  You can also find more information about these services on the AfterX Wiki.

Each public server on the network currently runs Unreal IRCd 3.2.6.  Visit unrealircd.com to learn more about it.

And, last but not least, you can see our charter - the AfterX Charter which we all abide by and also the rules, which can also be found by typing the /rules command in IRC. The rules are practical information based on some of the charter.

Thank you for sailing AfterX, and we hope you enjoy your voyage!