Cannot connect to IRC servers/networks

[Thomas Sperre]

Torsdag 28 september 2006 23:27 skreiv hasan:
> Hi,
> I was a frequent IRC user,  but recetly I found that I cannot connect.
> I receive this error:
>  Python interface loaded
>  Perl interface loaded
>  Tcl plugin for XChat - Version 1.59
>  Copyright 2002-2005 Daniel P. Stasinski
>  http://www.scriptkitties.com/tclplugin/
>  Tcl interface loaded
>  xchat remote access loaded successfully!
>  SysTray Integration Plugin Version 2.4.5 successfully loaded
>  Patrizio Bassi - hetfield666 at virgilio.it - http://www.blight.tk
>  Successfully loaded settings from file.
> * Looking up irc.freenode.net
> * Connecting to chat.freenode.net (216.165.191.52) port 6667...
>
> Last line stays there for ever, when using KDE.  I guess it responses
> with connection failed in GNOME.
>
> Can some1 help please.
>
> Best regards,
> Kashajim

Hi Kashajim
It looks to me like your port 6667 is blocked for some reason. Do you have a 
firewall installed somewhere? If you do, and you control the firewall, you 
may need to allow connections on port 6667 for TCP. (Some firewall user 
interfaces require that you also specify the application).

If you haven't installed a firewall youself, the port may be blocked by your 
ISP, or you may have a router which does not forward the 6667 port to your 
computer.