Re: Port is not working, Now what?

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Is the home PC the one you trying to connect to from the office?
Is it possible your office network administrators are blocking TCP Port 3389 outbound?
Can you go to a friends house and call your home PC successfully?


How is the home PC connected to the public internet, ie. dialup, cable or dsl modem?
>From the home PC can you run the http://www.canyouseeme.org test successfully?
Do you have a home router involved that may be blocking the incoming port?
Are you running any personal firewall software on the home PC that is blocking the incoming port?
Are you running any anti-virus/trojan/worm software on the home PC that may be blocking the incoming
port?

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"gnomehunter" <gnomehunter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I checked out this theillustratednetwork site that is recommended to everyone
> on this newsgroup. It was helpful in fituring out that the problem is my
> home connection. Port 3389 is not working on my home computer. Port 3389 is
> working just fine at the office. So what do I do now? How do I make Port
> 3389 work at home (the remote computer)?


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