ok the UPnP with LW and Netgear are working together and seems to be open according to the link test using port 80

I still do not have an active connection to LW, I'm thinking this has something to do with my firewall. I have LW set as an unrestricted exception in both my windows and McAfee. I currently have wondows firewall disabled.
I can see the firewall icon in LW even when I disable all of my known firewalls. I'm ready to throw in the towel

thanks for all your help in setting me up with the ports