the test was successful (note this was after i removed port forwarding..last night shortly after I enabled it I lost connectivity to the internet....i verified that the ISP was not down...and I was able to connect to the internet via my neighbor's wireless modem...so it was my modem...this morning I disabled the port forwarding...set dyanmic ip...rebooted it all...got you post and tried it)

where to next????

LOL

btw...thanks for your patience