How do I get shareaza p2p program to work with my router without having to turn off firewall protection?

I have recently got a wag54g wireless router which is great but ever since i got it I can download from shareaza. I set up port-forwarding ok but it also asked me to change network connections to static IP, When I do this the intternet no longer works. Can any1 out there help me?How do I get shareaza p2p program to work with my router without having to turn off firewall protection?
Okay, this may be a bit lengthy, but I will do my best to explain. Your router assigns IP addresses to computers connected to it via DHCP (Dynamic Host Client Protocol). When you change its settings to Static IP, this means that you have to set the settings which are normally automatically assigned to your computer by yourself.



Now this is not bad, this does have benefits, such as being able to set the port forward to a certain IP and not have to worry about another computer connected to your router getting assigned your IP and hence your computer does not get the port forwarded.



If you only have one computer connected to your router, then you do not need to assign a static IP. However if you want to use static IP address then please follow these steps:



1. First set your router to use DHCP, not static IP.

2. Click Start -%26gt; Control Panel.

3. Select Network and Internet connections.

4. Select network connections.

5. Right click Local Area Connection and click status.

6. Click on the support tab.

7. Click details.

8. Copy down your IP address, subnet mask, DNS servers and default gateway on a piece of paper.

9. Set your router to static IP.

10. Repeat steps 2-4.

11. Right click local area connection and select properties.

12. Under the ';this connection uses the following items';, select Internet protocol TCP/IP and double click on it.

13. Select use the following IP address and type the things you copied onto that piece of paper.

14. Select use the following DNS servers and copy the things you wrote on the piece of paper.

15. Click OK.

16. Click OK.

17. Configure your router to forward the port to the IP address you assigned.

18. You are all done!



Oh and I do recommend that you do not use Shareazza. I find the downloads slow and the content limited. I would recommend you to use Ares (I found it fast) or Frostwire (Lots of content). Download ares at http://www.ares.com or frostwire at http://www.frostwire.com.



Do check if it is legal to download copyrighted files for personal use in your country. It is legal in Canada and France. You would not want to get sued by the RIAA or MPAA. And if it is legal and you just want to download a few MP3s, try http://www.mp3realm.org before you download P2P apps as there is problem of pornography, fake and virus files on the gnutella and ares networks.



I do hope this helps you, if you have any problems, please post and I will try to help you as best I can.How do I get shareaza p2p program to work with my router without having to turn off firewall protection?
wish I could remeber how i did it when I had a wireless. the answer your looking for is at www.shareaza.com in the forums.