I had this problem too at the library. Luckily I was able to pull an
IP that had a gateway that didn't block it. There's quite a few IRC
CGI programs set-up around the web that will let you connect via a web
browser. A google search will find you some.

Eby

On 2/28/06, Andrew Nagy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> My university has blocked the standard IRC port due to massive trojan
> traffic.  Does the freenode.net irc server allow any other non-standard
> ports?  I checked their website, but their is no mention of ports
> (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Awww.freenode.net+port&btnG=Google+Search)
>
> Thanks
> Andrew
>