Forums Connection Issues foreign connection problems

Imma IRC newb so bare with me. I am able to connect to the GamesNET East server in the US fine, but when I try to connect to a foreign server such as the Moscow one it wont let me. It just keeps saying "Connection Timed out" as if I wasnt even connected to the internet. But not every foreign server doesnt work. I can get London and other countries. I have a hardware firewall (linksys router) but I have turned it off as much as possible through internet explorer. All my IRC settings are default to. And IRC is registered incase that matters at all.

Thanks a bunch in advance guys!!!!,
~S

BTW--forgot to mention I was at my friends house and he was able to connect to irc.msu.ru (6667) fine. Is it possible that the site has gone down?

The server might be offline or perhaps it only accepts close connections, as many do. While you are on the US or UK server type /list and check if the RU server is there in the list. This will at least tell you that it's online.

Ok i was just at my neighbors house and he got on the moscow server fine. Im wondering if maybe I dont have a certain number right or check box checked. If I re-install IRC will I have to re-register it?

Be sure you are trying to connect exactly as your neighbor did (you may be making a typo or not have the server info correct) Also check to see what port he is connecting to it on.

It may help to increase your try time. File/options/connect/options and click on the RETRY button. Increase the time in the box beside "IfNot Connected In" just a little bit.

Your registration for mIRC is good forever and on future versions. Just save a copy of the email from Khaled with the registration code and instructions on how to input. I doubt uninstalling/reinstalling is necessary tho.