<div dir="ltr">Try a web based client like mibbit <a href="http://www.mibbit.com/">http://www.mibbit.com/</a><br><br>:-)<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/8/1 Stephen Hildrey <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:steve@uptime.org.uk">steve@uptime.org.uk</a>></span><br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="Ih2E3d">Mac wrote:<br> > Stephen Hildrey wrote:<br> > <snip><br> >> Does your ISP block port 6667? Can you connect to <a href="http://chat.freenode.net:6667" target="_blank">chat.freenode.net:6667</a><br> >> (e.g. telnet <a href="http://chat.freenode.net" target="_blank">chat.freenode.net</a> 6667)?<br> ><br> > If I do  telnet <a href="http://chat.freenode.net" target="_blank">chat.freenode.net</a> 6667<br> ><br> > I get only<br> ><br> > Trying 216.155.130.130...<br> ><br> > which just sits there, with nothing else happening.<br> ><br> > I'll e-mail my ISP to check whether they block port 6667<br> <br> </div>It might be worth trying to connect on port 6665 which is supported by<br> most (all?) freenode servers and is less likely to be filtered by your ISP.<br> <br> Steve<br> <div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br> --<br> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a><br> <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/</a><br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br></div>