Here is a quick guide for connecting to the support chat server with Adium, a multi-chat client for Mac OS X.

First, launch Adium and go to Preferences –> Accounts.  Click the ‘+’ to add an account.  Choose ‘XMPP’ for account type.

Enter your account name.  This will be <your_username>@iseage.org:

Next click the ‘Options’ tab and enter the server and port as seen below.  Server should be “setup.iseage.org” and port should be 5222:

You may now click ‘OK’ to add the new account.

Now you are ready to join a chatroom.  Go to File –> Join Group Chat… Choose the account you just created from the account dropdown list if it isn’t already selected.
Type in the chatroom name such as ‘supportchat’ or ‘ita_cyber_defense’.  The server must be set to “muc.setup.iseage.org”.  Handle will be your nickname upon joining.

Repeat the last step for every chat room you want to join.

Congratulations! You’re finished!

Here is a quick guide for connecting to the support chat server with Mac OS X Messages application.

First, launch messages and go to Preferences –> Accounts.  Click the ‘+’ to add an account.

The account name should be <your_username>@iseage.org as shown in the following screenshot.  The server should be “setup.iseage.org”:

Next, do File –> Go To Chatroom… or use the keyboard shortcut COMMAND-R to join a chatroom.  The room name will be “<name_of_chatroom>@muc.setup.iseage.org”:

Repeat the last step for every chat room you want to join.

Congratulations! You’re finished!