Try java ? Does Dalnet support java? apart from testing I stay as far from there as possible.
I haven't been able to use the DALnet Java Client for years.
Whenever I try, it tries to connect to jade.*, which NEVER connects.
I tried to talk to the Opers on the webteam for about 2 years, then gave up because they simply didn't seem to be interested in hearing about people that couldn't connect.