i've discovered that, since i've gotten back to campus and thus back on the campus network, i can no longer connect to EoFF's chat. i haven't done anything to get myself banned from it (unless i just don't know it =D?), so i'd assume it's because i'm behind the network's firewall. My question: is there any way for me to connect up to the chat server? The firewall's set up to block certin port connections, preventing music filesharing for the strain that it places on the servers, so i'd guess the problem is simply that connections to port 6669 just happen to be blocked. Could the applet be rerouted to use a port that i know works, such as 80? Or, is there any possible way to add 80 as an alternative connection port?

i don't know a ton about packet transfer online, so maybe this whole post is a blatant example of "a little knowledge is a bad thing." But i also do know that i used a program "tunnel" my way past the firewall using the browser's HTTP port last year, allowing me to use Kazaa and such at least temporarily - so one can make other connections through that port. And yeah, in the end i guess i could just do that again, but i'd rather avoid it if at all possible.

So, Warrior Gods of the Chat Universe, is there any advice you can give me on my little predicament?