Greetings! I've been searching for an active forum to ask this question - this one certainly looks like the right place. I think based on a search for netcat in this forum that this is the right section, as well.

My needs are simple: I play an old MS game (Mechwarrior 4 Mercs) in a league (MWL). One of my team-mates just moved to a new location, and does not have permissions on his firewalled router. I run the game server, I just need him to connect as a client. Both platforms are WinXP. He can start the game, see the server list (port 80 - http), but not connect (Direct Play ports - see MS support article here).

I have been trying to find a solution via port redirection. I've played with netcat, cryptcat, nsauditor, and revinetd. I've read all the instructions, I've read the tutorials here on this site (very nice) but they are written for network savvy people...my knowledge base is minimal in this area. Nowhere can I find a specific example of how to do what I need...everything I find about port redirection for some reason references three different computers (?). I can and do tunnel VNC thru PuTTY, and so have a vague idea that it should be similar! AAMOF, I may even be able to use PuTTY, I dunno.

I've gotten nc working between two comps in a basic fashion, read the tutorials here in the tutorials section, read other bits on the web about port redirection. However, getting nc to forward game data from one client to my server, through a non-firewalled port, without disrupting other clients connected to my server, and getting it thru MY firewalled router (I can edit) has escaped me.

Something about binding to the port in front of the service?

In any case, I hope someone here has the know-how to help...thanks!