Okay, not gonna lie, I feel as though I'm generally tech-savvy enough to not have issues like this, an' I feel like a douche-nozzle 'fer posting about it... But yeah, the chat client insae lettin' me on.
Tried it with or without the password requisite. Re-established my standard internet connection (with which I generally ~live~ in chat...) There's nothing my system is telling me I need to 'allow' or any of that... It just tells me 'no'.
In the following manner. Someone fix m'shit.
[04:13] == *** (qwebirc) Looking up your hostname...
[04:13] == *** (qwebirc) Couldn't look up your hostname!
[04:13] == Disconnected from server: Connection to IRC server failed.