I understand that Gnucleus has some extra functionality for running private networks.

I'm wondering about running a private network between a few users of my ISP in order to cut d/l charges

What needs to be done:
- disable GWebCache. I belive this is possible in LAN mode and by using an IRC server of a non-major irc network.
- what ever they do, DON'T Obsolete host based caches. That does not do anything for running private networks