Forums mIRC Help cannot connect.

Many shared hosting enviroments block ping (ctcp) requests to the main host or IP, so this is nothing uncommon. I can dns the host and traceroute the IP ok. The RDNS doesnt work but again that wont stop you connecting. "cannot resolve host" is usually a dns issue in itself and possibly at your end. So with that in mind try connecting to the IP itself /server 66.225.200.86
If that works try googling opendns and add it to your network config or router

Good luck

P.S I have connected to irc.torncity.com and that IP with no problems the ping report is

Oooops silly me forgot to address another issue. A connection refused is usually down to the IRCD isnt running or a firewall setting serverside refusing your connection requests, possibly email the admin?