# Connecting with Textual

[Textual](https://www.codeux.com/textual/) is proprietary software. To protect your [freedom](/freedom), you should consider using an open source [[IRC client](/bouncer). 
[Textual](https://www.codeux.com/textual/) is proprietary software. To protect your [freedom](/freedom), you should consider using an open source [[IRC client](/bouncer). 

# From the menu, select `Server` → `Add Server...`\\

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# Fill in the details:\\

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  # For `Connection Name`, fill in the name of the network you want to connect to.

  # For `Server Address`, fill in the bouncer server address (it should look like `example.ircnow.org`).

  # For `Port`, fill in 31337. Check `Connect Securely`.

  # For `Server Password`, type username/network:password. For example, if your username is `john`, the network you want to connect to is `ircnow`, and your password is `abcde12345`, then fill in `john/ircnow:abcde12345`.

  # Check `Connect when Textual opens`

  # Check `Perform reconnect on disconnect`

  # Check `Perform reconnect when waking from sleep`

# If you get a message saying ZNC is not yet connected, type `/quote znc connect`