Hello all again,
I finally got around to loading the latest version of this fabulous game program. Still haven't taken the time to calibrate my W & P though. I did rummage through the various settings pages and noticed something I never saw before. It was a box with a choice for connection speed. I don't remember which of the settings pages it was on but it's probably the last ones. If it was there in previous versions I never noticed it and if it was set to anything other than hi speed that would explain some strange things I've seen when racing online.
Setting this setting correctly and opening all the in and out ports should alleviate connection issues.
I get around to calibration asap. Good luck all.