I betcha my belkin router is not UPnP'ing hence the recognition of a firewall. I got the router in the first place because I have a tenant who shares the cable connection with me in the house. I was considering setting up a static IP address but the Belkin tech guy i talked to thought it would be a bad idea as it might mess with the settings of my tenant. I suppose if I set up the static IP, I would need to assign a static IP address on my tenant's 'puter as well. I am a bit reticent to mess with my tenants computer.

What I don't understand is why with ports forwarded properly on the router for a LW/Gnutella setup and my iMac firewall off, the router still blocks incoming (if thats what is happening). Shouldn't the port forwarding setup allow for this? Ah Belkin ((shaking fist))! I tink I'll try contacting the Belkin tech support guys one more time regarding this issue.