Remote desktop on local cap?

[biltong]

I've been trying to connect to my friend's PC for like an hour now. I've used win7's RDC, remote assistance, and teamviewer, none of them work. I'm capped ATM so I can't DL anything else. Is there any way to make a connection like this with local only cap?

 

[dinkd]

teamviewer requires international access as it uses their servers to facilitate the connection. are the ports for RDC open and forwarded on your router's firewall?

 

[biltong]

I don't even know the ports for RDC XD and port forwarding was the reason I was trying to connect to him. If I'm initiating the connection then I shouldn't need to forward ports on my side, but probably would on his side. But if that's the case, then why does teamviewer work without port forwarding?

 

[dinkd]

my knowledge on how firewalls work is very limited.. but from what i understand, outgoing connections are usually allowed. so each instance of teamviewer establishes a connection to their servers which then broker the connection to your friend's pc thereby allowing you to not worry about port forwarding on his side.. i stand corrected

 

[dinkd]

btw. the port for remote desktop is 3389

 

[biltong]

btw. the port for remote desktop is 3389

Thanks!

We got him in warcraft 3 after like 8 hours of trying XD

 

[dinkd]

 

[DUDE!@##$%%]

i have used TeamViewer with nothing more than a lan cable, no internet. Surely it can be used on local only?