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Thanks for that.
Yes that is useful information to have.
Its a pity that i didn't ask this question here before.

I have another question to ask here, but i am not sure if i should start a new topic or post this question in the Arduino community as i have loaded the program with the Arduino IDE interface as this is just a basic on - off command through my browser and yes its all working as planed and works great ...but somehow i am not able to access this externally from the outside internet setting, WAN. It only seems to respond through my LAN settings.

Any suggestion or should i post a new topic.

Thanks

While you should start a new topic for non-related problems, this actually isn't an Arduino (or ESP8266) related issue.
You should read up on how networks (LAN and WAN) work; doing a search on Google for "Port forwarding" should be a good place to start.

You are correct this AT topic has nothing to do with the Arduino code that i have loaded into this ESP which is in C++ so i better head of to the Arduino community and ask my question there with regards to this new issue.
Thanks for all your help.

No, your question regarding connecting to the ESP "From the outside" (not from within your LAN) isn't a fault, but a way intranet (LAN) and internet (WAN) is designed.
It's not possible to access a device on a LAN from the internet, without explicitly allowing/configuring it.

That's why I suggested to Google for "Port forwarding".