Hello all. This is my first time posting here and would like to extend some appreciation to those who contribute and are the pillars of this site. Having said that, I have a question about Netcat. I have no prior experience with this tool and so I have not a past reference for what this is all about. I am running 2k and open the DOS window, but when I issue a command like: nc -v <ip> <port>, it pauses and then closes!!

Am I doing something wrong? Obviously. I just do not know what it is.

Any advice or guidance would be welcomed. Thanks in advance.