mIRC setup

[bruce]

hi...

this is sort of off topic..

is there anyone here who's setup/used mIRC to communicate using the IRC
channels...

i've setup (or tried to) the app to use irc.freenode.net and it doesn't seem
to connect...

for that matter, selecting any of the other servers doesn't seem to connect
either...

as far as i can tell, the port shouldn't be blocked...

any thoughts/comments/etc...

thanks

-bruce