# How do I start using IRC to join the #ANSIBLE channel **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Tags:** windows\ **Created:** [March 22, 2021, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-do-i-start-using-irc-to-join-the-ansible-channel/34830 "2021-03-22T21:43:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dimndskier](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/dimndskier/32/773_2.png) [@dimndskier](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dimndskier)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-do-i-start-using-irc-to-join-the-ansible-channel/34830/1 "2021-03-22T21:43:38Z")
Nothing I have tried for the last several hours has worked. I am new to ansible and really need a good foundation and support community, like I had with Puppet. Can someone give me the first few steps spelled out explicitly? I am running Windows 10 on my laptop. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/1882d9a01da5d8996a862359b0913cc568a39b84.svg) [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 10:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-do-i-start-using-irc-to-join-the-ansible-channel/34830/2 "2021-03-22T22:06:10Z")
[https://webchat.freenode.net/](https://webchat.freenode.net/) you must enter nick (your user name, anything not used is fine), channel; #ansbile There are many windows IRC clients or other IRC webclients you can use, but that should be simplest ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/1882d9a01da5d8996a862359b0913cc568a39b84.svg) [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-do-i-start-using-irc-to-join-the-ansible-channel/34830/3 "2021-03-22T22:07:24Z")
of course, spell ansible correctly in #ansible ...my bad.