IRC Problem.

[Okami]

Hello everyone, as some of you may know, I am having issues connecting to the IRC. I have tried both the Java platform and my Trillian, and neither are allowing access.

Both are giving me the same response: Connection Refused.

Via Java:

[10:16] Connecting...

[10:16] Unable to connect : java.net.ConnectException : Connection refused: connect

Via TrillianPro3:

[10:15] *** Error while connecting (Error Code: 10061). Disconnecting.

So Error Code 10061...According to the trillian website:

10061 - WSAECONNREFUSED - Connection refused.

* Suggestion: Try shutting off or fixing your ZoneAlarm or other Personal Firewall. It's probably disallowing Trillian network access.

No connection could be made because the target computer actively refused it. This usually results from trying to connect to a service that is inactive on the foreign host.that is, one with no server application running.

Okay, but there lies my problem. I go through my Control Panel and take the steps to turn off my firewall. Firewall is off, I reset Trillian and go to reconnect onto the Project Pokemon server. And I get the same thing, error code 10061.

This problem didn't occur until I got my laptop. It's got to be something on here blocking me from any IRC access (I use two different IRC servers, and neither of them work)

...I am so fed up with testing and trying things to get my IRC to work with failure again and again. I know it is not my settings for the IRC channels because I copied the information straight from the Trillian I ran on my flashdrive to my family computer.

Does anyone know what might be wrong so I could fix this once and for all?

Help! I'm at wit's end.

[Kaarosu]

hmm have you tried connecting to 69.61.33.26 through port 6667 ?

[Okami]

How would I go about doing that?

[Kaarosu]

if you're in java/irc/trillian(i think) type /server 69.61.33.26 6667

[Okami]

I'm not sure how to do it in Trillian, but I tried through Java and got the same response as before. =/