Well, success at last (for now)
Setup the firewall. Using WPA with 128(?) bit encription.
Just my connection isn't all that great... but I think that's because I switced it from turbo, to normal... the only reason I did that was so I could change the channel it's set on from 6 to 11 (phone runs on same channel, have 3 - 2.4ghz phones in the house one on each level)
Anywhoo, thanks everyone... you've been so much help so far, given me a much better understanding on how things work. Really appreciate that.
I'm sure there will be more posts to come. Again,
thanks!