MSN doesn't connect

[Nuke]

I'm at school, I use an ethernet to connect to the internet. Everything runs fine. Connection is great. (Some of you noticed my drastic drop in ping, and un-terrible connection, that's why) Browser works fine. Google is lightning fast. Forums fly. The only thing I have a problem with is signing into MSN (Windows Messenger) is there a reason it fails to sign in with and ethernet cord?

 

Here is the message I get:

 

"We are unable to sign you in to .NET Messenger Service, possibly because of a problem with the service or with your internet connection. Please make sure you are connected to the internet."

 

^ Obviously, now why does it not recognize ethernet as an internet source, basically is what I'm asking.

[Kable]

Are you in a class-room with their computer? Or your personal laptop using their internet?

[Nuke]

Are you in a class-room with their computer? Or your personal laptop using their internet?

 

I'm in my room, using the ethernet connection they give you in the dorm :/.

[Reptar]

I'm getting the same problem. Except I'm in my dorm room.

[Kable]

Looks like they have the ports or server that MSN Messenger connects to blocked.

 

You can always use a web-based program that I myself use while @ work -- Meebo.com

 

It uses a backdoor method of establishing a connection to the MSN server through their own server.

 

Hope this helps guys (:

[Nuke]

Looks like they have the ports or server that MSN Messenger connects to blocked.

 

You can always use a web-based program that I myself use while @ work -- Meebo.com

 

It uses a backdoor method of establishing a connection to the MSN server through their own server.

 

Hope this helps guys (:

 

^ This worked, thank you muchly =).

[Kable]

Btw Nuke & Reptar, what are yalls MSN address?

[Nuke]

I re-posted mine, because I can't change my display name through the meebo thing-a-ma-jober

[knoxville]

wait your in CLASSROOM and using computer in THERE?

i hope its only for school projects, but i think not when you want to access msn :D

[Nuke]

wait your in CLASSROOM and using computer in THERE?

i hope its only for school projects, but i think not when you want to access msn :D

 

:/ No I said in my dorm room.

 

 

Rep, follow what Rem said it's cool and it works. This way we can cyber please.

[KeiraRevan]

what's so bad about using your computer in class xD i do it all the time back home

[Scorch]

Late reply, but I'm guessing that the port msn uses is blocked. They probably blocked all non-standard ports, which basically means only browsers work. Any browser based messenger will work, because it's using a browser's port, but msn itself will remain blocked. There was some workaround I heard about a while back about switching the smtp port to the ssh port of 443, but I can't really remember much else about it.

[Kable]

Late reply, but I'm guessing that the port msn uses is blocked. They probably blocked all non-standard ports, which basically means only browsers work. Any browser based messenger will work, because it's using a browser's port, but msn itself will remain blocked. There was some workaround I heard about a while back about switching the smtp port to the ssh port of 443, but I can't really remember much else about it.

 

Actually, Nuke was able to get onto MSN through Meebo, so infact MSN was not blocked through the Meebo service.

The fix you're referring to sounds like editing a preference within a router's settings which in this case since they are in college, won't be possible unless they can get in good friends with the Network Admin of the college, who will have to go through some serious red-tape to get something like that altered.

[Nuke]

unless they can get in good friends with the Network Admin of the college

 

I sent them a batch of cookies the other day with my name and a thank you, no response yet.

[Wookjedi]

I'm at school, I use an ethernet to connect to the internet. Everything runs fine. Connection is great. (Some of you noticed my drastic drop in ping, and un-terrible connection, that's why) Browser works fine. Google is lightning fast. Forums fly. The only thing I have a problem with is signing into MSN (Windows Messenger) is there a reason it fails to sign in with and ethernet cord?

 

Here is the message I get:

 

"We are unable to sign you in to .NET Messenger Service, possibly because of a problem with the service or with your internet connection. Please make sure you are connected to the internet."

 

^ Obviously, now why does it not recognize ethernet as an internet source, basically is what I'm asking.

 

Uninstall.

[Scorch]

Actually, Nuke was able to get onto MSN through Meebo, so infact MSN was not blocked through the Meebo service.

The fix you're referring to sounds like editing a preference within a router's settings which in this case since they are in college, won't be possible unless they can get in good friends with the Network Admin of the college, who will have to go through some serious red-tape to get something like that altered.

 

I'm guessing if this really is the problem, that meebo uses a different port which happens not to be blocked. The fix I was suggesting didn't involve changing the router. It was originally put in, if I remember correctly, the PC PowerPlay magazine over here on the moon for people to get around hotel internet charges. It involves rerouting outgoing traffic from the computer through a non-monitored but standard port, such as 443 which is used for ssh. Nothing to do with the router.