IRC trouble...

[Alvin_Rod]

I've been trying to sign on to the IRC for over a month now, but have not been able to. This is what I get every time I try to sign in:
"Unable to connect : java.net.UnknownHostException : irc.irchighway.net "
Does anyone know what the problem is?
I've tried to get in to the IRC on Safari, Firefox, and Internet Explorer, but I still get the same thing. I've also tried IRC clients, but they don't work either. I think it has something to do with the fact that I got a wireless router about a month ago, about the same time as when the IRC started failing me, but I'm not completely sure.
Has anyone had this problem and solved it?

[Q_Mulative]

There was a bit of a problem a couple of episodes ago, I couldn't access the IRC through the main site's Java implementation. After the show, the crew had made a comment or two about some people not being able to access the chat room, and one of them mentioned that it was working fine on ChatZilla. I installed the ChatZilla add-on to my Firefox and hadn't had any problems since.

If the rest of the internet is working fine for you (streaming video, file transfers, IMs, &c.) then the problem is very unlikely to be your router, although if you switch it back and it works fine, then it might be best to keep it that way.