Ircii or epic!

[cris]

Hi folks,
I have been trying to use Epic the ircii  equivalent of Fedora for sometime without success.  When I try connecting to any irc server using port 6667, I get the error message that I have no route to host.  When I try using other ports such as 6668, or 6669, it connects ok.  Does this mean that port 6667 is disabled on my machine or disabled by my provider?  I need to activate this port to be able to connect to the irc.the-bofh.com.  Does anyone have an experience with this subject to lend me a hand?
Cheers,
Cris