mIRC on a DI-604 router

[Hasrett]

I've been compeletely unable to connect to mIRC since moving to my parents' place for the summer. I'm on the same system as before with the same settings as at school when it worked just fine. If anyone has an explanation other than the router, let me know. The error message reads "[10053] Software Caused Connection Abort"

I've pretty much tried everything, and have had zero luck getting the damn thing to work. Here's a list of what I've tried, from http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/527788.html:

Disable winxp's firewall.

Don't use port 6667 to connect to a network. Most networks have a range of ports, usually within 6660-6669,7000-7001 and you can specify a port with /server some.server.here:7000. (7000-7001 are rejected by the server; is there any chance of enabling them on the server's end?)

Don't use "speed patches" that supposedly increase your download speed. (note some of them effect your registry, use speed patch as your search term).

Update your router drivers/firmware. (some have said they needed to use something other than the ones supplied by the manufacturer). (Updated to april 2007)

Connect to the server's IP instead of domain (i.e., /server 123.456.789.123 instead of /server some.domain.here).

Limit how many networks or other apps you are running.

Check for patches for everything from windows to the equipment you have.

Some people have reported this happening with scripts that appear to have compatibility issues, so try with a clean copy of mIRC to check.

I've also tried using Chatzilla.

What I haven't tried:

Some have the problem not while DCC sending, but when idle for long periods of time. try creating a channel and using a timer to make a post every so often.

Changing NIC card.

ONLY for the advanced user: look into default MTU registry values with relation to the router you use.

DCC sending doesn't seem related, my NIC is integrated, and I don't know anything about MTU registry values.

Can I get any info here? I'd really love to be able to connect. I've set up port forwarding, virtual servers, and DMZ for my LAN IP addy (using ports 113 and 6666-6669), and I've tried connecting on several different ports. No luck at all. It sucks being cut off =/

 

[Hasrett]

It's times like this when I try to log in and see "EQEMu Error: World is down" that I really wish I could get on IRC.

Any tips?

 

[Hasrett]

I'm going to give this one more bump and then just give up on it.

To the staff: Is there any chance of allowing ports 7000-7001 on the IRC server? I seem to be able to connect to another server on 7000, and it's a pretty standard IRC port.