I assume you use mIRC from your pc while the eggdrop connects from a shell.
If that is the case, then both are completely different and have absolutely nothing to do with each other. One can perfectly connect while the other might be having a connection problem and thus "ping timeout".
Actualy it was a "Connection Timed Out" as for your *problem* try increasing the timeout limit in the .conf (if any for this) or something similar.. I haven't played with socks and not shure of this. Also, in the near future please do try to drop the "(Experts!)" thing.. is rude and will attract dissrespect to other users and it's possible that you will not get an answer for it.
Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box.
caesar wrote:as for your *problem* try increasing the timeout limit in the .conf (if any for this) or something similar..
As the timeout happens on the server side, this won't help. I actually replied in the same fashion the last time he asked this question. (before I got a chance to actually READ the post )