I sent a pm properly this time I hope lol, had a typo in the Cline.
I couldn't find the dns status info as described, though I did a port test by entering "xxxxx.dyndns.org" (rather than using my specific ip address) at Open Port Tool - DynDNS.com and got the following results:
"xxxxx.dyndns.org:12203 is open and accepting connections. This indicates the port is not being blocked by either a firewall or your ISP and is currently operational."
This should be ok shouldn't it? Doesn't it prove the dns is working and the port is being forwarded okay too?
Regards