[Techtalk] MSN connectivity problem

[Amy Hussey]

Thanks for the reply, but I think I have a workaround.

I was browsing wikipedia last night, and was looking for alternative http
ports, and found 8080.  I tried it out with MSN in Kopete and it worked!
Well, it sort of works...  I get signed out every half hour or so.

I've never tried Wireshark...  *goes off to install it*

Thank you for the tip.  I'll give it a shot and see what happens.

Amy

On 1/24/07, Meredydd Luff <meredydd.luff at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> Hey there,
>
> If you're still stuck, launch Wireshark, tell it to start capturing on
> eth0, and put "port 1863" into the filter field on the capture dialog
> (note, NOT the one in the main window - they're maddeningly
> incompatible). Then try to connect, and see what happens. Does it
> establish a connection? If you're not familiar with wireshark, holler,
> and we can give more comprehensible instructions :)
>
> Meredydd
>
>
> On 1/22/07, Amy Hussey <rpgirl1981 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I am having issues with Kopete connecting to MSN.
> >
> > I've tried to set it up using the HTTP method with port 80 and using the
> > standard method (port 1863) and have had no luck.
> >
> > I usually get an error message that says "incorrect password" or it
> doesn't
> > connect (the butterfly flaps for a little bit, then turns grey).  What
> gets
> > me is that it was working just fine a couple weeks ago when I changed my
> > system.
> >
> > I'm running Kubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft).
> >
> > I've looked over the forums on the Ubuntu website, but I don't find any
> > answers other than something about ports being blocked.
> >
> > Amy
> >
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FUD: Beware of the penguin.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear%2C_uncertainty_and_doubt <-- Read if you
have no clue of what I mean!

Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati.  (When all else fails, play dead.)  ~~Possum
Lodge Motto