Hi Cqaliher
After further inspection, it looks as though the ADSL router had been flashed by the org contractors. I tried to Telnet into the router and was presented with a login for BusyBox, however password and user name is not authenticated... No one knows the u/n and pwd.... However i did resolve one or two issues with using the RRAS which has made life a little easier.
It looks like i will need to purchase a new one.
Many thanks for the help..