RE: [Ethereal-users] what do we do next?

["Dixon, Bob" <Bob.Dixon@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I would try and see if someone on his local network can RDP to his machine. You can use telnet to test whether tcp/3389 is open and accepting connections (in a cmd window, type "telnet <ip addr> 3389"). You will not get any human-readable feedback, but if the command window stays open, you will know that the telnet session connected.

 

More than likely, unless you are going through a VPN tunnel or on a totally private (and somewhat open) network, your connection to his machine would not be allowed by his company's firewall.

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From: ethereal-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ethereal-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rich Bernstein
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 7:54 PM
To: Ethereal user support
Subject: [Ethereal-users] what do we do next?

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?