====== Login On Connect (LOC) ======
===== General =====
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The Login-on-Connect (LOC) feature allows you to pre-login while connecting to AfterNET. Using Login-on-Connect bypasses you from RBL scans and hides your hostname before anyone can see your real IP address. We recommend everyone give it a try.

To use Login-on-Connect, you must first have an AfterNET AuthServ Account. [[help:register|Register for one here]] if you don't already have one.

Login-on-connect uses the "server password" feature built into most IRC clients. All you do is put your specially formatted login information into the server password box like this:
  /username/password (slash, your username, slash, your password)
for example, my username is Rubin, and if my pasword was zanzabar I would put the following into my password box:
  /rubin/zanzabar

When you connect to AfterNET using the new password, you should see a message like the following:
<code>
*** Attempting service login to authserv
*** AUTHENTICATION SUCCESSFUL as rubin
</code>

===== Client Specific Instructions: =====
  * [[help:connecting:login-on-connect:mirc|Detailed instructions]] for mIRC users.
  * [[help:connecting:login-on-connect:xchat|Detailed instructions]] for HEXChat users.
  * [[help:connecting:login-on-connect:irssi|Detailed instructions]] for irssi users.







===== Troubleshooting =====
  * Make sure you can login the normal way to AuthServ: /msg authserv auth username password
  * If you get a message about /QUOTE PASS that means your username, or password is wrong, or maybe AuthServ is down?
  * Some people reported having to close mIRC and re-open it before LOC started working.
  * You must have a *@* host (default) set in AuthServ since LOC does not know your hostname.
  * The 'server group' must be the string "AfterNET" exactly. mIRC wont send the password if the name doesn't match what the server announces itself as.
  * Try typing the password string into notepad so you can see it. Then paste it into the password box.