Help! Can't connect to IRC with DSL!

I can't get my machine to connect to IRC using my DSL connection.

* Looking up irc.oftc.net
* Connecting to irc.oftc.net (12.152.184.29) port 6667...
* Connection failed. Error: Connection refused

Earlier it would get to where it said "Looking up your host name..." and then it would sit there forever until it timed out. I have NO idea what is going on here since, as you can tell, I am getting to the web fine...

Do other servers work (EFnet, IRCnet, Quakenet, and so on)? Here's an explanation of that error.

Nope. No IRC connections will work.

After disabling some hardware firwall options in my router, I get this:
* Looking up irc.oftc.net
* Connecting to irc.oftc.net (12.152.184.29) port 6667...
* Connected. Now logging in...
* *** Looking up your hostname...
* *** Checking Ident
* *** Found your hostname
* Disconnected (Connection reset by peer).

It also takes FOREVER to do each step.

Have you tried a different IRC client? What brand/model is the router? Who is the ISP?

IRC clients tried: XChat, Bersirc
Router: Linksys WRT54G
DSL: Windstream (aka Alltel)

I've tried varying the port as well. It has no effect.

hurry we miss you.....

Is the router allowing incoming connections to your PC on the identd port (113)? Because I think most IRC servers still expect to speak to that port...

It should be. I unchecked a box that said it was blocking it. This causes me to get further. But I still cannot connect. It gets to the point I showed, sits for ~5 minutes, and then says disconnected.

Have you tried using Tor?

It is fix0red now. Thanks to all for the help ;)