att@E-buntu:~$ telnet telnet> open (to) chat.freenode.net 6667 Trying 140.211.166.3... Connected to chat.freenode.net. Escape character is '^]'. NOTICE AUTH :*** Looking up your hostname... NOTICE AUTH :*** Found your hostname, welcome back NOTICE AUTH :*** Checking ident NOTICE AUTH :*** No identd (auth) response ERROR :Closing Link: 127.0.0.1 (Connection Timed Out) Connection closed by foreign host. matt@E-buntu:~$