Forums Connection Issues Unable to connect

I am a beginner for Mirc. I can't seem to get it to work. I spent hours and hours trying to connect...but all it gives me is this stupid message again and again...
Connect retry #13 194.68.45.50 (6663)
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-broadway-e.ny.us.dal.net- *** Looking up your hostname...
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-broadway-e.ny.us.dal.net- *** Checking Ident
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-broadway-e.ny.us.dal.net- *** Found your hostname
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Closing Link: 0.0.0.0 (Ping timeout)
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This is driving me nuts!!! Please someone help me out here.
~stupidammy

Apparently you didnt look at the post towards the top of this forum titled "unable to Connect", here

You need to try a different server. The one you are trying isnt working. In that thread you will find links to DALnet server lists and how to connect to one of them.

...stilll
I started connecting to different servers from the sites given to me but always get this message again and again....
hotspeed.sg.as.dal.net- *** Looking up your hostname...
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-hotspeed.sg.as.dal.net- *** Found your hostname, cached
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-hotspeed.sg.as.dal.net- *** Checking Ident
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-hotspeed.sg.as.dal.net- *** No Ident response
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Ping? Pong!
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Closing Link: 0.0.0.0 (Ping timeout)
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I have always gotten the "No ident reponse" for the others, i don't know what to do from here
thanks ahead of time for helping me

Try this page.