Forwarding port 3389 in my router had NO impact on making my friend's
RA request work when I tried to connect (XP or Vista)- still got the
cannot connect message. Not big surprise since the address in the ticket
only shows his local address behind his DSL modem/router.

What DID work (without Port forwarding) was to have him send the RA
request via Instant Messenging (Live Messenger)to me; the session worked
as expected and I could control his machine.

Obviously something else needs to be set somewhere when the RA ticket is
sent via email, but since RA works via an IM setup I am not going to
lose sleep over it.



Robert L. (MS-MVP) wrote:
You need to forward port 3389 to the computer for remote desktop
connection. It depends on your router. This how to may help.

How to forward prot in linksys routerHow to forward port in Linksys
router. This how to based on Linksys BEFVP41 router and the example is
forwarding port 3389 for TS access. ...
www.howtonetworking.com/Routers/forwardport2.htm