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My Shareaza refuses to work because my router is behind a firewall, how can I configure to make it work?
My router is a Speedtouch 536 and Shareaza port says 6346. Cheers

What firewall are you using..?

If your using Windows Firewall, go to Control Panel > Windows Firewall > Exceptions > Add Program > Select Shareaza

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Originally posted by Chris4
What firewall are you using..?

If your using Windows Firewall, go to Control Panel > Windows Firewall > Exceptions > Add Program > Select Shareaza

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Thanks so much for that info but i went there and it is already listed, can anything else be done?

Your router probably has NAT, and it acts a bit like a firewall as a side effect of (the capability of) mixing multiple private addresses into one public one.

Apparantly Sharaza is pretty good, I'd expect it to work anyway (though not as well). I've only used an earlier 1.0 version for a while though, I don't like it.

To set up port forwarding, you need to access your router configuration.

This is probably by visiting the website set up on its IP address through a web browser (IE, Avant, Opera, Fx, whatever). You will need to go to a website like http://192.168.1.1/ (may be different but similar for your router, if you don't know what it is, I can make a list of likely ones, but your router's book should say). It will ask you to authenticate yourself to the router.

Once you're at the settings, look for "port forwarding" (may be given another name, I don't know). You need to forward the port 6346 (possibly the range starting at 6346 and ending at 6346) to your private IP address (the one shown in Network Connections CLick the icon for your connection and the IP address will be in the Folder Tasks pane at the bottom).

Save/apply/accept/comfirm/enchant/eat the new settings. Maybe you will need to restart Shareaza, and maybe the router as well.

I tried setting up the NAPT but not sure if I did the right thing, would this help in anyway? Cheers.

Apply these settings on the router:

• Leave protocol as TCP.
  
• Set inside IP address to 10.0.0.1 (because that's what Windows shows as your address).
  
• leave outside IP address to 0.0.0.0 (should work, unless the router is bitchy or you have multiple internet addresses).
  
• Set inside and outside ports to 6346.

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Nothing seems to work for me. This is what happens, I set the first the second sets itself automatically. I think it will never work.