This
section contains several tutorials.
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How to host a
chatroom
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How to connect to another
host's chatroom
How
to Host a Chatroom
This tutorial will show
you how to host a chat and become the chatroom server. This will enable
others to connect to your chatroom while you securely host it. Simply
follow the screens below and apply these steps when you are ready to host
a chatroom using Safe Chat.
After you have connected
to the internet, the first step is to launch the MOS server program.
You only need to do this once per chat session when hosting
a chatroom. Trying to run the server twice will only result in an
error.
Once MOS is running,
you will need to retrieve the Local Host IP address. This number is
highlighted in the above screen capture. This number needs to be entered
in the Host IP field of the Safe Chat user information area.
Now that you have the
Local Host IP address, type the address into the Host IP field of the
user information area as shown above in the highlighted field. At
this time you should also enter in a Channel Name and a User Name
of your choice.
If you are
a broadband user, your IP changes maybe once or twice per year.
If you would like to skip this step after doing this for
the first time, you can by simply saving your settings as either the default
settings or custom settings. If you chose default, the settings
will be loaded each time you run Safe Chat. If you chose custom,
the settings will need to be loaded manually.
Once you have everything
set-up and MOS is running, you must then connect your chatroom to
the MOS server. Do so by clicking the button indicated by the arrow
above.If you've successfully connected to the server, you will see
the status bar change to "connected to MOS".
Now that you're connected
to MOS, you must now click on the button indicated by the arrow above.
This will sign your chatroom onto to the server. You will notice
the status reads "signed onto MOS". You will also notice your username appear
in the "connected users" list. At this time you may have others connect
to your chatroom by sending them your IP address and your channel name.
This is all the information another user needs to connect to your
Safe Chat, so long as they are running Safe Chat as well.
How to Connect to Another Host's Chatroom
To connect to another
host's chatroom, you only need 3 things.
With these three things,
connecting to another host's chatroom is quite simple. First, just
fill out the user information fields with the appropriate information, the
same as you would if you were hosting a chatroom yourself, except there is
no need to run MOS. Second, click on the "Connect to Server" button.
Third, click on the "Sign-on to Channel" button. If you did everything
correctly, you will see all the connected users in the chatroom.
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