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I have set up an IRC account in Empathy - the default server is, of course, Freenode. Empathy tries to connect and after a few moments reports, "Authentication failed".

I have tried with and without a password (My nickname is registered with Freenode.).

What could I possibly be doing wrong?

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Update:

I was able to connect when on another network. Could the problem be with my Verizon Mobile Broadband?

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  • I don't see a reason why there should be a problem with Verizon and Freenode. One thing I would try is to connect to Freenode via some other app, an IRC client at best. X-Chat, Quassel, WeeChat, smuxi or irssi for example.
    – Mrokii
    Sep 11, 2012 at 15:19
  • Mrokii, the problem just disappeared. 0_o I'm now able to connect to Freenode, and I don't know of anything I changed. But thank you for your help! Sep 14, 2012 at 23:44
  • Great that it works now. Hopefully it stays that way. :)
    – Mrokii
    Sep 17, 2012 at 15:20

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Possibly that username is already registered with freenode and therefore secured with a password. Have you checked if you can connect by using another nickname?

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  • Mrokii, I changed the username to something unique, but still had the same problem. I'm beginning to suspect my ISP. Please see the edit to my question. Thanks! Sep 9, 2012 at 20:30

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