Stephen Hildrey wrote:
> It might be worth trying to connect on port 6665 which is supported by
> most (all?) freenode servers and is less likely to be filtered by your ISP.
Great! Using 6665 I can connect using Pidgin. I can't see anywhere to
change the default port in Xchat-gnome. Any ideas
Try a web based client like mibbit http://www.mibbit.com/
:-)
2008/8/1 Stephen Hildrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Mac wrote:
> > Stephen Hildrey wrote:
> >
> >> Does your ISP block port 6667? Can you connect to
> chat.freenode.net:6667
> >> (e.g. telnet chat.freenode.net 6667)?
> >
> > If I do teln
Mac wrote:
> Stephen Hildrey wrote:
>
>> 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 happe
Stephen Hildrey wrote:
> 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 chec
Jake Bunce wrote:
> Do you have any firewall rules that may be blocking IRC?
Not AFAIK. I don't have a software firewall. How would I check???
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Mac wrote:
> 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
Do you have any firewall rules that may be blocking IRC?
2008/8/1 Mac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 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 cha
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 ot
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 s
