Login to your shell account 1. Download ZNC from http://forcesp.net/download/znc-1.4.tar.gz ussing command wget http://forcesp.net/download/znc-1.4.tar.gz 2. tar -xzvf znc-1.4.tar.gz 3. cd znc-1.4 4. ./configure 5. gmake This will take about 5-10 minutes 6. znc --makeconf Here you can setup your ZNC username nickname irc network 7. Enjoy Your ZNC To connect to this ZNC you need to connect to it as your IRC server using the port that you supplied. You have to supply your login info as the IRC server password like this: user/network:pass. Eg : /server znc.forcesp.net port user:password Try something like this in your IRC client... /server znc.forcesp.net port user:password To manage settings, users and networks, point your web browser to http://znc.forcesp.net:port/ and login with your username and password