hi again. ooops .. oh dear. i had a sneaky feeling that it may be a BT type router. as i got it from ebay at such a bargain price & new. oh well. my fault.
Sorry for any confusion .. the model is NR-580. its the only one shown that has all those aerials sticking out the top.
well ok .. i have to thank u all for your troubles. i will re-consider another (cheep & fast) router thats more compatible. if i understood all this tech stuff better i would have not got in a mess.
thnx russ 
ps. brilliant site ...
heres a ebay item number of simular device to mine. 140246752183
since i had the previous model i thought this would be ok.
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sorry im goning to have to reply again. having looked at the SPEC on the PDF manual P6 .. it says it does support cable (DHCP Client),ADSL Modem (PPPoe) PPTP,Static IP. whatever that is.??
im off out now but will have another look later. THANKS GUYS.