Thank you very much vapilot2004, tired flyboy (me too) and aeroBits. I'll work through it and get back to you with the results. Yes, I have connected by wire the 'Wireless ADSL Firewall Modem Router',to give its full name off the tin, to my phone line and to the PC and that is great. I now want it to speak to my laptop. To sum up, my laptop seems to hear it, but either can't understand or won't reply!
I'll get back to you tomorrow. Thanks again for the ideas.
mcdhu