If you asked which section i found the value 6348?

I found it under LW Tools OPtions - Advanced - Firewall config -Listening port 6348

beneth it says the router config set to use UPnP ...
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I rread thru the link you gave me on port forward.. thanks for looking tha t up for me.. and I read thru that and decided I'd wait till my ebay purchases are thru.. cant afford to loose connection wile thats going on the next 2-3 days..

so.. the inistructions said that both computers on the network must be on their own seprate networks.. - so if i use that method does it matter which one I configure first?

I decided I need a little more rested to complete the port forward.. so I also googled a port forward for D-Llink and came up with
http://support.dlink.com/faq/view.as...rt+forward#604

1) which seems easier.. ?? but would it do the same thing?

2) back to "starting from scratch" in the advance settings of the internet connection..

do I start by deleting the current UPnP item then follow instructions on
http://www.limewire.com/english/content/firewalls.shtml
#10 thru 16 using the OTHER number 3646

please confirm..

thanks
deb