Took a couple of reads because I don't use Linux often enough.  Got it all entered and it worked perfectly so far.  There is so much stale or plain incorrect info out there regarding the gateway, none of the samples worked for me--continued getting routine disconnects.  I am convinced it was all because the samples I used contained mismatched port assignments on 127.0.0.1 and they all had TS1 translation lines.  All seems to be good now....thanks Phil.