>> 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.
>
I've used tcptraceroute a lot, it works as advertised.
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