mIRC

[pentachris]

I've never been an online chatter. These forums are about as close as I've ever come to it. But I thought I'd check out the PCGuide channel, so I downloaded mIRC. Repeated attempts to connect result in the attached messages.

I'm running 98SE, ZoneAlarm (free) on a cable modem.

Updated AV & spyware checks are clean.

[mjc]

Nothing to do with you...your whole IP block is banned..the * before the knology.net indicates a wildcard, for everyone.

Yeah, it is a bit harsh, but because of dynamic IPs in order to prevent a particularly offensive creep from connecting to the network that is the way it has to be.

[pentachris]

Then that would also be why the java client isn't working for me?

[steveo]

Chris...the same happened to me late last year. Years ago Mirc was a breeze but I dropped it for ICQ. Decided to try Mirc again but ended up getting the same results you did. I did a little snooping around and it seemed Mirc was having its share of widespread problems of which I don't remember now. As far as the java client goes, I've used it in the past (not for the past 6 months) and never had a problem (using the same setup as you).

[mjc]

pentachris...you will have to email help@ausnet.org and give them the details (basically what is the the screenshot you posted).