can't connect

Hi, I'd appreciate some help getting bot to connect to freenode. Every time I try to start the script, I get something like:

Jun 28 14:40:59 SmartIRC.php(556) DEBUG_CHANNELSYNCING: Channel syncing enabled
Jun 28 14:40:59 SmartIRC.php(1450) DEBUG_ACTIONHANDLER: actionhandler(0) registered
Jun 28 14:40:59 SmartIRC.php(1450) DEBUG_ACTIONHANDLER: actionhandler(1) registered
Jun 28 14:40:59 SmartIRC.php(1450) DEBUG_ACTIONHANDLER: actionhandler(2) registered
Jun 28 14:40:59 SmartIRC.php(1450) DEBUG_ACTIONHANDLER: actionhandler(3) registered
Jun 28 14:40:59 SmartIRC.php(1450) DEBUG_ACTIONHANDLER: actionhandler(4) registered
Jun 28 14:40:59 SmartIRC.php(1450) DEBUG_ACTIONHANDLER: actionhandler(5) registered
Jun 28 14:40:59 SmartIRC.php(1450) DEBUG_ACTIONHANDLER: actionhandler(6) registered
Jun 28 14:40:59 SmartIRC.php(1450) DEBUG_ACTIONHANDLER: actionhandler(7) registered
Jun 28 14:40:59 SmartIRC.php(1450) DEBUG_ACTIONHANDLER: actionhandler(8) registered
Jun 28 14:40:59 SmartIRC.php(1450) DEBUG_ACTIONHANDLER: actionhandler(9) registered
Jun 28 14:40:59 SmartIRC.php(1450) DEBUG_ACTIONHANDLER: actionhandler(10) registered
Jun 28 14:40:59 SmartIRC.php(1450) DEBUG_ACTIONHANDLER: actionhandler(11) registered
Jun 28 14:40:59 SmartIRC.php(1450) DEBUG_ACTIONHANDLER: actionhandler(12) registered
Jun 28 14:40:59 SmartIRC.php(1450) DEBUG_ACTIONHANDLER: actionhandler(13) registered
Jun 28 14:40:59 SmartIRC.php(1450) DEBUG_ACTIONHANDLER: actionhandler(14) registered
Jun 28 14:40:59 SmartIRC.php(1450) DEBUG_ACTIONHANDLER: actionhandler(15) registered
Jun 28 14:40:59 SmartIRC.php(1450) DEBUG_ACTIONHANDLER: actionhandler(16) registered
Jun 28 14:40:59 SmartIRC.php(1450) DEBUG_ACTIONHANDLER: actionhandler(17) registered
Jun 28 14:40:59 SmartIRC.php(1450) DEBUG_ACTIONHANDLER: actionhandler(18) registered
Jun 28 14:40:59 SmartIRC.php(1450) DEBUG_ACTIONHANDLER: actionhandler(19) registered
Jun 28 14:40:59 SmartIRC.php(1450) DEBUG_ACTIONHANDLER: actionhandler(20) registered
Jun 28 14:40:59 SmartIRC.php(1450) DEBUG_ACTIONHANDLER: actionhandler(21) registered
Jun 28 14:40:59 SmartIRC.php(1450) DEBUG_ACTIONHANDLER: actionhandler(22) registered
Jun 28 14:40:59 SmartIRC.php(1450) DEBUG_ACTIONHANDLER: actionhandler(23) registered
Jun 28 14:40:59 SmartIRC.php(1450) DEBUG_ACTIONHANDLER: actionhandler(24) registered
Jun 28 14:40:59 SmartIRC.php(1450) DEBUG_ACTIONHANDLER: actionhandler(25) registered
Jun 28 14:40:59 SmartIRC.php(1450) DEBUG_ACTIONHANDLER: actionhandler(26) registered
Jun 28 14:40:59 SmartIRC.php(1450) DEBUG_ACTIONHANDLER: actionhandler(27) registered
Jun 28 14:40:59 SmartIRC.php(1450) DEBUG_ACTIONHANDLER: actionhandler(28) registered
Jun 28 14:40:59 SmartIRC.php(1450) DEBUG_ACTIONHANDLER: actionhandler(29) registered
Jun 28 14:40:59 SmartIRC.php(1552) DEBUG_TIMEHANDLER: timehandler(0) registered
Jun 28 14:40:59 SmartIRC.php(1552) DEBUG_TIMEHANDLER: timehandler(1) registered
Jun 28 14:40:59 SmartIRC.php(1552) DEBUG_TIMEHANDLER: timehandler(2) registered
Jun 28 14:40:59 SmartIRC.php(1031) DEBUG_CONNECTION: connecting
Jun 28 14:40:59 SmartIRC.php(1036) DEBUG_SOCKET: using real sockets
Jun 28 14:41:20 SmartIRC.php(1052) DEBUG_NOTICE: couldn't connect to "irc.freenode.net" reason: "Connection timed out"

Using real sockets or not doesn't seem to make a difference. Any advice would be appreciated, thanks.