Quoting Go Linux (golinux@???):

> @KatolaZ - Did not know about using port 9999 so I got to learn
> something too! Now I need to figure out where to make that setting .
> . . there are so many things I don;t know . . .

For irssi and many other IRC clients, port number can be specified as a
command-line option, and equivalently in the configuration file where you
define how to connect to various IRC networks/hosts.

If you have no other preference, I'll put in a good word for irssi.