cactus & girkers,
Okay, to confirm: The server was configured with the correct ip, subnet, and gateway..., and on the same subnet as the XPclient PC (in the same local network) I used to attempt to access the Web admin pages. RE: I can ping it, by ip and dns, just fine from the XPclient.
Thanks.
Okay Ray, no ----. -i.e.: As I mentioned re. chapter 8. Also no gui is really needed, like with IPCop only with yet a more robust system.