trekker, what you probably don't realise is that I am an idiot
I can get the log from the router to the linux box, in ethereal I can see the messages coming in. I can't seem to get the messages into the file eg. /var/log/fw_log that I'd like to. I have specified the filename etc in syslog-ng.conf but it wont log there.???
I have to point out here this is only a learning excersise for me , I feel a need to learn this stuff.

cheers.