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# connect

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## Syntax ##

<div class="irssisyntax highlight"><pre style="\-\-cmdlen:7ch"><code><span class="synB">CONNECT</span> <span class="syn10">[<span class="syn">-4</span> | <span class="syn">-6</span>]</span> <span class="syn10">[<span class="syn">-ssl</span>]</span> <span class="syn10">[<span class="syn">-ssl_cert</span> <span class="syn09">&lt;cert></span>]</span> <span class="syn10">[<span class="syn">-ssl_pkey</span> <span class="syn09">&lt;pkey></span>]</span> <span class="syn10">[<span class="syn">-ssl_pass</span> <span class="syn09">&lt;password></span>]</span> <span class="syn10">[<span class="syn">-ssl_verify</span>]</span> <span class="syn10">[<span class="syn">-ssl_cafile</span> <span class="syn09">&lt;cafile></span>]</span> <span class="syn10">[<span class="syn">-ssl_capath</span> <span class="syn09">&lt;capath></span>]</span> <span class="syn10">[<span class="syn">-ssl_ciphers</span> <span class="syn09">&lt;list></span>]</span> <span class="syn10">[<span class="syn">-!</span>]</span> <span class="syn10">[<span class="syn">-noautosendcmd</span>]</span> <span class="syn10">[<span class="syn">-noproxy</span>]</span> <span class="syn10">[<span class="syn">-network</span> <span class="syn09">&lt;network></span>]</span> <span class="syn10">[<span class="syn">-host</span> <span class="syn09">&lt;hostname></span>]</span> <span class="syn10">[<span class="syn">-rawlog</span> <span class="syn09">&lt;file></span>]</span> <span class="synB05">&lt;address></span>|<span class="synB05">&lt;chatnet></span> <span class="syn10">[<span class="syn09">&lt;port></span> <span class="syn14">[<span class="syn13">&lt;password></span> <span class="syn13">[<span class="syn14">&lt;nick></span>]</span>]</span>]</span></code></pre></div>



## Parameters ##


| | |
| --- | --- |
| `-4`: |                  Connects using IPv4. |
| `-6`: |                  Connects using IPv6. |
| `-tls`: |                Connects using TLS encryption. |
| `-tls_cert`: |           The TLS client certificate file. |
| `-tls_pkey`: |           The TLS client private key, if not included in the certificate file. |
| `-tls_pass`: |           The password for the TLS client private key or certificate. |
| `-tls_verify`: |         Verifies the TLS certificate of the server. |
| `-tls_cafile`: |         The file with the list of CA certificates. |
| `-tls_capath`: |         The directory which contains the CA certificates. |
| `-tls_ciphers`: |        TLS cipher suite preference lists. |
| `-tls_pinned_cert`: |    Pinned x509 certificate fingerprint. |
| `-tls_pinned_pubkey`: |  Pinned public key fingerprint. |
| `-noproxy`: |            Ignores the global proxy configuration. |
| `-network`: |            The network this connection belongs to. |
| `-host`: |               The hostname you would like to connect from. |
| `-rawlog`: |             Immediately open rawlog after connecting. |
| `-!`: |                  Doesn't autojoin channels. |
| `-noautosendcmd`: |      Doesn't execute autosendcmd. |

A network or server to connect to; you can optionally specify a custom port,
password and nickname.

## Description ##

Opens a new connection to the specified network or server; existing
connections are kept.

## Examples ##

    /CONNECT Freenode
    /CONNECT -6 Freenode
    /CONNECT -4 -! -host staff.irssi.org -network Freenode orwell.freenode.net
    /CONNECT irc.irssi.org 6667 WzerT8zq mike

## See also ##
[DISCONNECT](/documentation/help/1.0/disconnect), [RMRECONNS](/documentation/help/1.0/rmreconns), [SERVER](/documentation/help/1.0/server)