.Griff. said:
Ok... Not sure why you mentioned a hardware firewall then but nevermind..
Well, at the time I wasnt sure if the AOL 'modem' was a router or hub, as Seb isnt a master of these things as I'm sure he would be the first to admit (nor am I)
I established that as long as his software firewall was off, I could ping his IP. With my software firewall off, he was able to ping me, so that kinda estebalished (in my mind) that the two machines could technically see each other.
RA still refuses to work though. The user sends the request (tried email and MSN) which I recieve. I accept. The user gets the acceptance message, but all I get is a message telling me the connection failed. I've tried this this in all sorts of firewall configurations on 4 seperate machines...all with the same results.
Its pissing me off because I know the problem is my end and I'm usually pretty clued up, but I cant solve this riddle, despite hours of Googling and tinkering.