During peak times it is often difficult to make a connection. Be patient and try clicking here or here or here or here.
There are also several European sites which provide access; because of time differences it will sometimes, paradoxically, be easier for U.S. users to connect through these more distant sites: click here or here or here.
Once you're logged in, as above,type:"/serve undernet.org"
then "/join #EPCLIVE [ret]"
You should be able to talk to anyone else logged in by typing. For a list of other users type: "/whois [return]" You can set your onscreen nickname: "/nick Your_Name" Sending a message backchannel is achieved with the "/msg nickname * your_message here_" command. When you want to quit, type: "/quit [return]"
Because #EPCLIVE is a private channel, you will not see it indexed when you use the '/list' command--but it can be joined by anyone who knows its name.