Please use the Search feature before posting, there have been a lot of posts recently about the Criten IRC network. You may wish to see
this thread. When using the search feature, expand to 'All Forums' and 'All Posts' for best results.
Given the current instability of that particular network, it's most likely the network's end that is causing the problem, in which case, there is nothing you can do about it except wait for the network to come back up.
Regards,
