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A router is a NAT firewall. Only way to get around the NAT completely is to enable DMZ (which can only be used on one computer naturally). The problem occurs when inbound connections are attempted, since the router doesn’t know which computer to send them to. The seeming solution is to forward port 4443 (AIM’s direct connection port) to your computer’s LAN’s IP address. This will also require that the computer not use DHCP so that it’s IP address is static. Sorry this may all go over your head, but try to play around with things. 🙂
Glossary:
NAT– network address translation– allows for multiple computers off the same IP address
DMZ– demilitarized zone– forwards ALL ports to a specified computer
LAN– local area network
IP– internet protocol
DHCP– dynamic host configuration protocol
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