Can't access hotmail

Kotek Besar

Hi guys. This is doing my head in. Any advice most welcome.

I go to www.hotmail.com and press Enter. It redirects to https://login.live.com/login.srf?wa=wsignin1.0&rpsnv=11&ct=1288730498&rver=6.1.6206.0&wp=MBI&wreply=http:%2F%2Fmail.live.com%2Fdefault.aspx&lc=6153&id=64855&mkt=en-ie&cbcxt=mai&snsc=1 but then the page is blank (white) and that's it.

Here's a screen shot:


Four Windows 7 laptops and one Macbook, all the same. Connecting over wireless to a Linksys WRTP54G router, which is connected to a Scientific Atlanta modem on UPC.

Interesting thing is, if I connect any one of the computers to the modem directly using an ethernet cable (bypassing the wireless router), hotmail loads fine.

So, what's wrong? Is it a problem with the router? With the settings? I've adjusted the MTU setting. It's currently on 1500 (I didn't think that was an issue with cable connections anyway, just ADSL?).

I'm racking my brains here.

vibe666

do you have static dns entries on the linksys?

it could be that you've got a dodgy dns entry in the router and connecting directly to the modem bypasses this.

try some other dns providers and see if it makes a difference

level3 dns: 4.2.2.1 thru to 4.2.2.6

or google dns: 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4

or open dns: 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220

Kotek Besar

Thanks for the idea. Tried all those you suggested, using instructions here, but no good I'm afraid, still the same.

Prior to this I had 0 0 0 0 in DNS 1 and DNS 2 on my router.

What else could I try?

Kotek Besar

Does this help it all?..

C:\Users\Kotek>tracert 64.4.20.169

Tracing route to www.hotmail.com [64.4.20.169]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     *        *        *     Request timed out.
  2    13 ms     8 ms     6 ms  10.96.160.1
  3    15 ms    15 ms    15 ms  089-101-175078.ntlworld.ie [89.101.175.78]
  4   146 ms   138 ms   146 ms  84-116-130-241.aorta.net [84.116.130.241]
  5   125 ms   121 ms   126 ms  84.116.132.246
  6   132 ms   123 ms   124 ms  us-nyc01c-rd1-pos-3-0-0.aorta.net [213.46.160.12
6]
  7   134 ms   117 ms   116 ms  us-nyc01b-ri1-xe-4-1-0.aorta.net [213.46.190.98]

  8     *        *        *     Request timed out.
  9     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 10     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 11     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 12     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 13     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 14     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 15     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 16     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 17     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 18     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 19     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 20     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 21     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 22     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 23     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 24     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 25     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 26     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 27     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 28     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 29     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 30     *        *        *     Request timed out.

Trace complete.

-=al=-

if you have gmail, you can link and import all the emails from hotmail into the gmail site and interface, ive about 4 emails into one email inbox, its rather neat, never liked hotmail for emails of the site, worth a shot if you cant get it to work

Kotek Besar

Appreciate the tip Al, thank you. To be honest I don't use Hotmail either.. it's the 4 other people in the house who do..

-=al=-

try implementing it into gmail, its really neat when you set it up nice, you can add filters, labels, tabs, keywords with emails and it make it all nice and simple with a nice intuitive interface! ...you can even send recieve and organise fully as you would with hotmail, easy peasy!


and nope i don't work for google!