> Rich Bernstein wrote:
> > I am working with a user in Brasil who is the host for a
> Remote Desktop
> > Connection. He is running XP Pro. I am in NJ and am running
> Win2000 pro.
> > I am the client and I try to connect and it always fails. I
> had him run
> > ethereal on his PC during a test, and I expected him to see packets
> > arrive on port 3389, but nothing showed. What should I try next?
>
> Considering how unpopular Brazil is due to spammers, is it
> possible that
> some router between you and them has your user in an ACL which is
> blocking the traffic?
tcptraceroute ( at http://michael.toren.net/code/tcptraceroute/ ), which I have never used, so I cannot guarantee it will work, claims to perform traceroute with TCP packets, so you might use it for testing connectivity for your specific type of connection, in case ping or normal traceroute dont give you a hint. Of course, having ethereal working in your client and seeing if there is any abnormal answer to your SYNs might also help, in case you haven't done it yet.
