# Connecting with Atomic

**Warning: due to using IRCv3 in ZNC, it's not possible to connect to ZNC using recent versions of atomic. please use v1.14, or another irc client.**

[Atomic](/https://papertape.zaibatsutel.net/Atomic/) is an open-source IRC client for Android.

# Tap `Add server`.\\

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# Fill in the details:\\

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  # `Title`: the name of the network you want to connect to.

  # `Host`: the bouncer server address (it should look like example.ircnow.org)

  # `Port`: 31337

  # `Password`: `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 `Use SSL`

  # Check `Auto connect on startup`

  # `Nickname`: the bouncer username you registered

  # `Real Name`: any name is fine.

  # Tap on `Save` at the bottom-right corner

# Tap on the network to connect.\\

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# If you see a message saying ZNC is not yet connected, type `/znc connect` -- wait a few minutes to connect.