Did you get the static IP address set up without a problem? Did you make sure that you had the same port number in both boxes on LW's firewall config page & also within the router's config pages?

When you were getting no search results, was your LW fully connected to the network?

I can't find any info about whether your router supports UPnP (even in the manual)...did you have UPnP enabled within the router before you port forwarded?? If you did, did you have UPnP Framework ticked within Windows firewall > exceptions? Did you also have UPnP enabled within your router & 'use UPnP' checked on LW's firewall config page?

Yes the Static Ip wasn't a problem , I had the same number - 56000 in both pages

Yes LW was truly connected to the network when i got no search results

Upnp was there , I had Upnp ticked on with Windows Firewall , but I turned off Windows Firewall

How to check if my router has Upnp

Change the port. Verizon blocks port 6346.

Can i change the number to 6400

GF2,

Their LW is connected properly, they just want to get rid of the firewall icon. It sounds as though they're using port 56000 at any rate

shad,

Try deleting LW's preferences folder when LW's properly closed. See point 3 here & also point 2 if you've used older versions of LW in the past (there could be a folder in either location).
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This will kill all of your settings within options, you'll have to go back through afterwards & reset things. If you're not sure of your settings, go through LW's tools > options & write them all down, so that you can reset things later.

After you've deleted that folder, go tools > options > advanced > firewall config & make sure that LW's listening port is still the same number as before. If it's different, change it back so that it's the same number as the port forwarded within your router

To check whether your router suppports UPnP, have a look on the router & see if there's a switch or button labelled UPnP. Have a look in the router's manual or use google to search. I couldn't find anything to say that your router supports UPnP.