Quote Originally Posted by Jimbo View Post
Connecting with SASL

Sounds to me as though it requires you to register your username with freenode if you haven't already done so. Then SASL is a way to authenticate to services.

But I am no expert. Perhaps someone with more technical skills will come along. In the meantime, if your client is one of the ones listed in that link you may be able to set it up with the information there.

Good luck.

James.
Oh... yeah I didn't register. Hopefully that will fix it