WebTV connection to ChatNet

By default WebTV users can chat on Talk City, one of the largest web-based chat servers. To reach IRC networks, you need to know the address of a server on that network, the port number, and the channel name. You may not be able to access all networks or servers due to restrictions placed on each server to limit the kind of people who can connect. After you have this information, do the following:

1.Return to the Home page
2.Select Community
3.Select Chat
4.Select Go to
5.Enter the following: server address (something like irc.whatever.com) (see chatnet's server list) port number (typically 6667, or you can try 6660-6667) the channel name (such as #IRChelp) (you can get a list of channels from this site also).
6.Select Connect

Note: All channels names begin with a # symbol, but using the Go to feature you can optionally type the # or not (such as #IRChelp or IRChelp). You do not type the # when using the /join command mentioned below. Once you have connected successfully, you may talk by just typing into the text field at the bottom of the chat screen. Then choose Send (or hit the Return key on your keyboard).

For more info please go to http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/misc/webtv.html