Just unzip the zip file to any directory of your choice and then start fastchat.exe The config file "settings.ini" is created automaticly.
example settings.ini:
port=6157
nickname=mac
broadcastaddress=255.255.255.255
sound_enabled=0
port port number of fastchat. could be anything between 1-65535. all users must have the same setting so fastchat can find each other.
nickname your nickname
broadcastaddress address where fastchat sends the data to. for example if your computer has the ip 192.168.0.2 then and the netmask 255.255.255.0 the best setting for this option is 192.168.0.255. usually there is no need to change.
sound_enabled play the wav files if an event occurs (1) or not (0)
svn co https://svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/fastchat/trunk/fc2/ fc2
cd fc2
./autogen.sh ./configure make all install
under Windows use the projectfiles fc2/win32 for M$ Visual C++ (version 1)