http://soldner.jowood.com/forum/show...&threadid=8273
Now for the important part:
Annoying, but it works. The catch-22 of it is you have to already be playing a game. So...
1. Create a LAN game
2. Join it
3. Hit "T" for "Teamsay" and in that field, type: !connect <ip address>
And BAM, you connect to that remote IP without having to go through the portal.
Now for the other important part:
From Teut on the same thread:
You cant connect direct to portal servers as the portal must authorize you.
Direct connects only work for LAN servers which have an IP broadcasted to the internet.
So if someone wants to try it tonight let me know and I'll most deffinatly test it.