RDP Terminal Services connection on localhost?

[pierze]

I'd like to be able to create a remote SSH tunnel to allow a friend to
connect back to my computer via RDP (directly with RDP, not with Remote
Assistance). When I create a tunnel on the remote machine that goes back to
"localhost:3389" they are able to connect to the local machine and get a the
login prompt for my host, however, after they enter the right password the
screen just goes black and stays there - never completing the login.

I know RDP works on my local machine, and I know the tunnel is passing data
no problem. Is there something about RDP that's not allowing a local IP
address to connect to the server?

 

[Jim]

I'd like to be able to create a remote SSH tunnel to allow a friend to
connect back to my computer via RDP (directly with RDP, not with Remote
Assistance). When I create a tunnel on the remote machine that goes back to
"localhost:3389" they are able to connect to the local machine and get a the
login prompt for my host, however, after they enter the right password the
screen just goes black and stays there - never completing the login.

I know RDP works on my local machine, and I know the tunnel is passing data
no problem. Is there something about RDP that's not allowing a local IP
address to connect to the server?

Try this
http://www.teamviewer.com/index.aspx

 

[pierze]

Thank you for the link Jim. I'd really like to solve the specific problem,
though - I've actually already got LogMeIn.com as a backup, but I
specifically want to get actual tunneled RDP connections working. That's
partly for reasons I haven't gone in to, and partly just because I want to
make sure I can fully conquer what I've now come across!