@half_blind Have fixed the problem; tuns out that the networkmanager was the culprit, changed to wicd; was not eh iptables firewall, or opera's fault.

@half_blind Thanks for your reply; yes I do mean I have no internet connection through the opera web browser, although interestingly, the little blue box shows that it has vpn, but still cannot...

Hi all, Have just begun using said router/modem, but have found a problem, namely that opera web browser's vpn cannot connect to internet; opera reports 'no internet', and having just turned off vpn...