No longer able to RDC into my home pc from work

I was able to log in to my RDC at home for quite some time. Out of the blue
I'm no longer able to. I removed/uninstalled any firewall programs I had
and it still occurs. Windows SP2 firewall is disabled. Also I am not
behind a router or firewall at home. It's straight from the cable
connection to the computer's Ethernet card. I was connecting straight to
the IP address. Now I'm not even able to ping the IP. What could be
causing this?

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Nocturnal wrote:
> I was able to log in to my RDC at home for quite some time. Out of
> the blue I'm no longer able to. I removed/uninstalled any firewall
> programs I had and it still occurs. Windows SP2 firewall is
> disabled. Also I am not behind a router or firewall at home. It's
> straight from the cable connection to the computer's Ethernet card.
> I was connecting straight to the IP address. Now I'm not even able
> to ping the IP. What could be causing this?

Your ISP.
Contact them - make sure they are not blocking traffic on port 3389 and ICMP
traffic.

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Even if I was just able to log in remotely a few days ago? They could
actually have started to block it for no reason?

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"Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Nocturnal wrote:
>> I was able to log in to my RDC at home for quite some time. Out of
>> the blue I'm no longer able to. I removed/uninstalled any firewall
>> programs I had and it still occurs. Windows SP2 firewall is
>> disabled. Also I am not behind a router or firewall at home. It's
>> straight from the cable connection to the computer's Ethernet card.
>> I was connecting straight to the IP address. Now I'm not even able
>> to ping the IP. What could be causing this?
>
> Your ISP.
> Contact them - make sure they are not blocking traffic on port 3389 and
> ICMP traffic.
>
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> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
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> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>

Check that your host ip address hasn't changed. Run a tracert check to the
host machine. Check the host machine that the RD port is listening. Check
your host for adware or virus.

"Nocturnal" <anonymous@anonymous.com> wrote in message
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>I was able to log in to my RDC at home for quite some time. Out of the
>blue I'm no longer able to. I removed/uninstalled any firewall programs I
>had and it still occurs. Windows SP2 firewall is disabled. Also I am not
>behind a router or firewall at home. It's straight from the cable
>connection to the computer's Ethernet card. I was connecting straight to
>the IP address. Now I'm not even able to ping the IP. What could be
>causing this?
>
> --
>
>
>
>

Also why can't I ping my IP address? It just times out.

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"Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Nocturnal wrote:
>> I was able to log in to my RDC at home for quite some time. Out of
>> the blue I'm no longer able to. I removed/uninstalled any firewall
>> programs I had and it still occurs. Windows SP2 firewall is
>> disabled. Also I am not behind a router or firewall at home. It's
>> straight from the cable connection to the computer's Ethernet card.
>> I was connecting straight to the IP address. Now I'm not even able
>> to ping the IP. What could be causing this?
>
> Your ISP.
> Contact them - make sure they are not blocking traffic on port 3389 and
> ICMP traffic.
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>

Nocturnal wrote:
> I was able to log in to my RDC at home for quite some time. Out
> of the blue I'm no longer able to. I removed/uninstalled any
> firewall programs I had and it still occurs. Windows SP2
> firewall is disabled. Also I am not behind a router or firewall
> at home. It's straight from the cable connection to the
> computer's Ethernet card. I was connecting straight to the IP
> address. Now I'm not even able to ping the IP. What could be
> causing this?

Shenan Stanley wrote
> Your ISP.
> Contact them - make sure they are not blocking traffic on port
> 3389 and ICMP traffic.

Nocturnal wrote:
> Even if I was just able to log in remotely a few days ago? They
> could actually have started to block it for no reason?

Unsure why that would be "shocking". heh
I'm sure you've had the experience where something you don't own/manage
changes without a reason being given to you. =)

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Are you running NAV 2005 worm protection or MS OneCare Live Beta. Both will
block RDP connections if not configured correctly.

Its also possible your work network administrators have blocked TCP Port
3389 outbound through any firewalls... To test that theory try to connect
from a friends house versus work or contact your work network administrators
for help with that issue...

Beyond that see this page for troubleshooting and logging help...

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.or...eshooting.html

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"Nocturnal" <anonymous@anonymous.com> wrote in message
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>I was able to log in to my RDC at home for quite some time. Out of the
>blue I'm no longer able to. I removed/uninstalled any firewall programs I
>had and it still occurs. Windows SP2 firewall is disabled. Also I am not
>behind a router or firewall at home. It's straight from the cable
>connection to the computer's Ethernet card. I was connecting straight to
>the IP address. Now I'm not even able to ping the IP. What could be
>causing this?
>
> --
>

Nocturnal wrote:
> I was able to log in to my RDC at home for quite some time. Out
> of the blue I'm no longer able to. I removed/uninstalled any
> firewall programs I had and it still occurs. Windows SP2
> firewall is disabled. Also I am not behind a router or firewall
> at home. It's straight from the cable connection to the
> computer's Ethernet card. I was connecting straight to the IP
> address. Now I'm not even able to ping the IP. What could be
> causing this?

Shenan Stanley wrote:
> Your ISP.
> Contact them - make sure they are not blocking traffic on port
> 3389 and ICMP traffic.

Nocturnal wrote:
> Also why can't I ping my IP address? It just times out.

Ping it from... external?
That was my "ask about ICMP traffic" statement. ICMP traffic would
constitute "ping".

Ping internally?

Start --> Run
type in:

CMD

In the newly open command prompt - type:

ping localhost

and press ENTER.

Pinging?

Also - make sure your external address has not changed. Visit
http://www.myipaddress.com/.

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