Which chat is used here at vb.org?

[Club3G]

The IRC-based chat applet that's running here is fantastic. I did a quick search but didn't see anything - is there a thread on setting that up?

I'd LOVE to have that on my forums!

[Andreas]

<a href="http://eirc.sourceforge.net" target="_blank">http://eirc.sourceforge.net</a>

[Club3G]

Pardon the newbie questions, I know nothing about IRC. So basically from what I can tell is that I register a channel on whichever host I go with, and then pay a small fee to have the channel kept alive by the host, correct? Then EIRC is a java applet that I run, pointed at my channel/server, and stick into a vB page using something like webtemplates?

Once I have the channel up and running, what is doing the integration with vBulletin on that page? eg: Where is it getting the username from?

Apologies again if this seems obvious to most. Thanks very much. :)