Alright I'm using mIRC 6.21 on windows xp home SP2, windows firewall COMPLETELY off, a netgear WPNT834 router (which I believe doesn't have a built-in firewall, but in port forwarding I did set up the following ports to be forwarded just in case 1024-5000, default port 6667.
* Unable to connect to server (Connection timed out)
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* Connect retry #5 65.77.140.140 (41931)
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* Connect cancelled
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* Connecting to 65.77.140.140 (41931)
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* Unable to connect to server (Connection timed out)
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* Connect retry #1 irc.nac.net (41931)
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* Unable to connect to server (Connection timed out)
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* Connect retry #2 65.77.140.140 (41931)
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* Unable to connect to server (Connection timed out)
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* Connect retry #3 irc.inter.net.il (6667)
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* Unable to connect to server (Connection timed out)
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* Connect retry #4 192.116.231.44 (6667)
I have literally gone down the entire list and nothing. I have used IRC less than a month ago and all was fine. I have no other firewall or internet security software installed or anything.
My ISP is Comcast. If anyone has any advice I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you. btw my preferred channel would be an efnet server.