Forums Connection Issues I can't connect!

I formated my computer and downloaded mirc again... but now I cant get connected, everytime I try to connect it stops and posts "Unable to connect (Software caused connection abort)"

Can anyone help me out?

thanks

Depending on which version of windows you are running
and the error message you are getting is a [10053]
The problem seems to be a winsock error The DHCP Server sent a DHCPNACK message is not resetting itself.

Something to try:

Ping something on your local network. Do you get a response?

Ping the remote host. Does it respond? If not, problem solved. You can try a traceroute to see if the problem is at the target remote host or somewhere in between.

Is there a firewall between your appliation and the remote host? If so, and the connection has been open for a long period of time with no data transfer, its possible that the firewall has timed out the connection and closed the sockets

Check to see if Windows Firewall got enabled when you reinstalled. If so, try disabling it and see if it helps. Also, check for any router/firewall/antivirus things blocking ports on you.