Re: [Erc-discuss] Re: Why I cannot connect to freenode irc server?

[Giorgos Keramidas]

On Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:50:11 +0800, Misskiss <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Try connecting directly to the IRC server port with:
>>
>>     telnet irc.freenode.net 6667
>>
>> If this fails, then try one of the alternate IRC server ports, like
>> 10000.

> I have tried "telnet irc.freenode.net 6667", get the following errors:
>
> Trying 213.219.249.66...
> telnet: connect to address 213.219.249.66: Connection refused
> telnet: connect to address 140.211.166.4: Connection refused
> telnet: connect to address 85.188.1.26: Connection refused
> telnet: connect to address 207.158.1.150: Connection refused
> telnet: connect to address 216.155.130.130: Connection refused
> telnet: connect to address 89.16.176.16: Connection refused
> telnet: connect to address 140.211.166.3: Connection refused
> telnet: connect to address 128.237.157.136: Connection refused
> telnet: connect to address 209.177.146.34: Connection refused
> telnet: connect to address 130.237.188.200: Connection refused
> telnet: connect to address 204.11.244.21: Connection refused
> telnet: connect to address 82.96.64.4: Connection refused
> telnet: connect to address 64.161.254.20: Connection refused
> telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
>
> I think maybe I use a firewall, but I have no access to change
> it... Thanks a lot.

Yes, a firewall that blocks connections to port 6667 can cause that.

Can you try connecting to port 10000?