I thank you for your input! But, dear sir, I fear you may need to provide a napkin drawing (rough sketch) of what you have just described. It could be the late hour; or you may have neglected a step or two (likely obvious to you), leaving me unable to connect the dots

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And now for some pics. Took me a few minutes, but I think I dug them all out of the "box lot" I won them in...
On second thought, it won't upload any pics. Maybe I'll reboot the router & try again in the morning.