5. dial-up 6.Dell modem(1 year old) 56K? 7. connecting from house 8. 14.4.0 LW, Java 1.6.0_02 9. earthlink ISP 10. my test worked!! 11. there are NO other computers 12. yes, new to LW 13. there's a brick wall 14. modem set up??????? 15. norton anti-virus, i'm unarawe of any firewalls 16. usa thanks, i hope this helps. i'm sorry i can'y give more technical info about my set-up