Stephen Hildrey wrote: <snip> > Does your ISP block port 6667? Can you connect to chat.freenode.net:6667 > (e.g. telnet chat.freenode.net 6667)? If I do telnet chat.freenode.net 6667 I get only Trying 216.155.130.130... which just sits there, with nothing else happening. I'll e-mail my ISP to check whether they block port 6667 Mac