Shoutbox

Hey I have this same problem Mit51.

Approximately twice a month both myself and my flat mate (using seperate PC's) are unable to log into MSN live messenger and are presented with error code 80072745. Doing a little research on the internet I found a whole host of weird and wonderful suggestions which were of no help at all until I found your post which was the closest description I've found to what we are experiencing. We also have the netgear DG834GT ADSL router. Usually the problem clears up within about 24 hours. I am currently experiencing the problem right now and so thought I'd try to see if there were any solutions! ><

The http test under msnm's connection advanced settings passes fine but the TCP test gives
Resolving the server name...
Connecting to the server...
Connected, verifying bility to send data now...
We are unable to connect (80072745).

Webmessenger works fine during these times.

One person stated that it was possible to become IP banned if there is too much packet loss which seems to me the most likely cause here (why netgear routers seem to be at the heart of this though I couldn't guess) but sadly with a static IP rebooting the router aint gonna help.

Does anyone know what the period of time is before they unban your IP?

Did you ever find a solution or still living with it?