when I try to boot LW I use a shortcut on my desktop. There is no icon in my system tray(?) along the bottom by the clock. therefore I do not have access to any LW menu bar or other LW icons (that I know of :-)). Maybe I'll try a re-install and pay close attention to the set up options. I'm thinking if the firewall is an issue I should be able to bypass it and have success. A call to D-link support appears to be in order. I will try the third party link.

thanks once again