Have you enabled incoming rdp calls in the firewall on the XP laptop?
Can you ping the laptop from your Mac?
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MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
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Blue07.RemoveThis@officeformac.com wrote on 19 jul 2008 in
microsoft.public.mac.rdc:
> I should clarify: I'm trying to connect to my work laptop when
> it is at home on my local wireless network...NOT over the
> internet.