diff --git a/tools/netconsole b/tools/netconsole
index c8109bb..1a0ef22 100755
--- a/tools/netconsole
+++ b/tools/netconsole
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 usage() {
 	(
-	echo "Usage: $0 <board IP> [board port]"
+	echo "Usage: $0 <board-IP> [board-port [board-in-port]]"
 	echo ""
 	echo "If port is not specified, '6666' will be used"
 	[ -z "$*" ] && exit 0
@@ -24,9 +24,13 @@
 done
 
 ip=$1
-port=${2:-6666}
+board_out_port=${2:-6666}
+board_in_port=${3:-${board_out_port}}
 
-if [ -z "${ip}" ] || [ -n "$3" ] ; then
+echo Board out port: ${board_out_port}
+echo Board in port: ${board_in_port}
+
+if [ -z "${ip}" ] || [ -n "$4" ] ; then
 	usage "Invalid number of arguments"
 fi
 
@@ -41,19 +45,19 @@
 (
 if type ncb 2>/dev/null ; then
 	# see if ncb is in $PATH
-	exec ncb ${port}
+	exec ncb ${board_out_port}
 
 elif [ -x ${0%/*}/ncb ] ; then
 	# maybe it's in the same dir as the netconsole script
-	exec ${0%/*}/ncb ${port}
+	exec ${0%/*}/ncb ${board_out_port}
 
 else
 	# blah, just use regular netcat
-	while ${nc} -u -l -p ${port} < /dev/null ; do
+	while ${nc} -u -l -p ${board_out_port} < /dev/null ; do
 		:
 	done
 fi
 ) &
 pid=$!
-${nc} -u ${ip} ${port}
+${nc} -u ${ip} ${board_in_port}
 kill ${pid} 2>/dev/null