TCP Hole Punch (NAT Traversal) Library or something?

Question

I want to do TCP Hole Punching (NAT Traversal) in C#. It can be done with a rendezvous server if needed. I found http://sharpstunt.codeplex.com/ but can not get this to work

Answer 1

The question is quite old but for anyone looking for a solution, you should take a look at the Open.NAT project it's really easy to use and work with both UPNP and PMP NATs!

Let's say that you want to forward external Port 1700 to local port 1600, all you have to do is:

var discoverer = new NatDiscoverer();
var device = await discoverer.DiscoverDeviceAsync();
await device.CreatePortMapAsync(new Mapping(Protocol.Tcp, 1600, 1700, "The mapping name"));

You can also list all existing mappings, so you can validate that your port is not already used.

var sb = new StringBuilder();
var ip = await device.GetExternalIPAsync();

sb.AppendFormat("\nAdded mapping: {0}:1700 -> 127.0.0.1:1600\n", ip);
sb.AppendFormat("\n+------+-------------------------------+--------------------------------+------------------------------------+-------------------------+");
sb.AppendFormat("\n| PROT | PUBLIC (Reacheable)           | PRIVATE (Your computer)        | Descriptopn                        |                         |");
sb.AppendFormat("\n+------+----------------------+--------+-----------------------+--------+------------------------------------+-------------------------+");
sb.AppendFormat("\n|      | IP Address           | Port   | IP Address            | Port   |                                    | Expires                 |");
sb.AppendFormat("\n+------+----------------------+--------+-----------------------+--------+------------------------------------+-------------------------+");
foreach (var mapping in await device.GetAllMappingsAsync())
{
    sb.AppendFormat("\n|  {5} | {0,-20} | {1,6} | {2,-21} | {3,6} | {4,-35}|{6,25}|",
        ip, mapping.PublicPort, mapping.PrivateIP, mapping.PrivatePort, mapping.Description, mapping.Protocol == Protocol.Tcp ? "TCP" : "UDP", mapping.Expiration.ToLocalTime());
}
sb.AppendFormat("\n+------+----------------------+--------+-----------------------+--------+------------------------------------+-------------------------+");
Console.WriteLine(sb.ToString());

There is also a blog post about NAT Traversal on MSDN: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/ncl/2009/07/27/end-to-end-connectivity-with-nat-traversal/