Messenger thinks my IP is invalid

Messenger thinks my IP is invalid I am using Windows Live Messenger 2009 on Windows 7. I am using a 3G modem (ZTE Propietary USB Modem)
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"First try opening a Command Prompt (Win+R and type cmd <ENTER> ) and type

ipconfig

If should display an information more or less like this:

Windows IP Configuration

Ethernet adapter Windows Mobile:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 169.254.2.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter AlphaQuadrant:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::10c9:8226:4914:72a5%11
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.186
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:4137:9e74:3467:1786:36ec:a5e1
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::3467:1786:36ec:a5e1%13
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::

Then you need to check for the connection to the MSN server, probably some gateway is unreachable.

You can try, for instance tracert to check all the hops to the MSN Messenger."