Well not sure I can configure my router like this. I am showing my ignorance about these things so I am going to ask dumb questions so turn off your dumb questions delete key folks: I will paste in the page which shows when I go to the Forwarding settings of my router. it may be obvious but the help refers to triggering port and alternate but I don't immediately see where I can specify additional ports than the ones that are shown in common use. Here's what the screen looks like: FORWARDING Port forwarding can be used to set up public services on your network. When users from the Internet make certain requests on your router, they will be redirected to the specified IP. Service Port Range Protocol IP Address 0 ~ 0 Both 192.168.1. 0 Well-known Ports (Commonly Used Ports) 7 21 23 25 53 79 80 110 119 161 162 (Echo) (FTP) (TELNET) (SMTP) (DNS) (finger) (HTTP) (POP3) (NNTP) (SNMP) (SNMP Trap) 0 ~ 0 Both 192.168.1. 0 0 ~ 0 Both 192.168.1. 0 0 ~ 0 Both 192.168.1. 0 0 ~ 0 Both 192.168.1. 0 0 ~ 0 Both 192.168.1. 0 0 ~ 0 Both 192.168.1. 0 0 ~ 0 Both 192.168.1. 0 0 ~ 0 Both 192.168.1. 0 0 ~ 0 Both 192.168.1. 0 Port Triggering > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >