[ubuntu-uk] IRC - does not connect

[Jake Bunce]

Do you have any firewall rules that may be blocking IRC?

2008/8/1 Mac <Ammonius.Grammaticus at googlemail.com>

> Mac wrote:
> > I thought I'd have a go with IRC.  I've set up an account in
> > Xchat-gnome, but it does not make the connection.  All I get is
> >
> >   Looking up irc.ubuntu.com..
> >   Connecting to chat.freenode.net (209.177.146.34) port 6667..
> >
> > and then it just hangs.  I get the same thing with other channels;  and
> > the same thing happens if I try using Pidgin.
> >
>
>
> Sorry for double post, but it may help to know that I can do
>
>  ping chat.freenode.net
> PING chat.freenode.net (154.35.200.44) 56(84) bytes of data.
> 64 bytes from card.freenode.net (154.35.200.44): icmp_seq=1 ttl=51
> time=112 ms
> 64 bytes from card.freenode.net (154.35.200.44): icmp_seq=2 ttl=51
> time=111 ms
> 64 bytes from card.freenode.net (154.35.200.44): icmp_seq=3 ttl=51
> time=113 ms
>
> Mac
>
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