thanks all for the help...now i have tried being on DSL modem itself and it works fine but when i connect to my 'linksys' router it wont let me do anything now...not even connect to any users now on DC++, i can still connect to its hubs though but also cant get server list.

i think i got the forwarding set right? and the port triggering also
and uh oh...now i got 2 ips somehow...one is ethernet and the other is PPP adaptor to SBC global connection....the ethernet is static and the ppp connection is dynamic...is this summosed to be like this?