Re: remote host help

anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 10/10/04 

Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2004 20:08:05 -0700

Thanks - but that didn't work either...

Here is the line I replaced
RCTICKET="65538,1,69.149.219.220:3389;ooops:3389

Is there anything else I need to do?
>-----Original Message-----
>Troubleshooting Remote Assistance Issues
>http://www.chicagotech.net/rdesktop.htm
>
>"When you receive an invitation from an Internet user
whose
>computer is behind a router or firewall, the IP sent to
you is
>the Private IP behind the router or firewall, so that
you can't
>access the computer. To fix this issue: 1) use Notepad
to open
>the invitation to change the Private IP to the Public IP
which
>may be the router or firewall's IP. 2) Use Windows
Messenger
>to establish the Remote Assistance session".
>
>--
>Carey Frisch
>Microsoft MVP
>Windows XP - Shell/User
>
>Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
>http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.
aspx
>
>---------------------------------------------------------
------------------
>
>"cory" wrote:
>
>| I am trying to connect to my brothers compuer using
>| remote assistance (or remote desktop - either way) and
>| every time I accept his invitation - I type in the
>| password and I get the following message:
>|
>| Remote Assistance connection could not be established
>| because the remote host name could not be resolved.
>| Please try again.
>|
>| Any ideas? He has a Linksys router and has opened port
47
>| and 1723 (from linksys website). I can't believe that
>| this is that hard to do....
>.
>

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