DALnet

DALnet
Founded1994; 30 years ago (1994)
Geographic locationUnited States
Europe
Canada
Based inWorldwide
Website URLwww.dal.net
Primary DNSirc.dal.net
Average users7,000–12,000
Average channels7,000–11,000
Average servers40
Content/subjectPublic/Unrestricted
ASN

DALnet is an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) network made up of 39 servers, with a stable population of approximately 10,000 users in about 4,000 channels.[1]

DALnet is accessible by connecting with an IRC client to an active DALnet server on ports 6660 through 6669, and 7000. SSL users can connect on port 6697[2] as well. The generic round-robin address is irc.dal.net.

DALnet on an Apple II through irssi
  1. ^ "IRC Networks - in alphabetical order".
  2. ^ "DALnet Knowledge Base #189". Dal.net. Retrieved 2012-09-02.