Dave,
Thank you so very much. i finally did it again today and now have a better idea of what you have explained about having the instance available on the public IP.
I kept editing the /etc/dotlrn/config.tcl to the computers ip address and it allowed me to access the home page but not go anywhere else..not even login. So, now I will try changing the /etc/aolserver4/aolserver4.tcl from 127.0.0.1 to 0.0.0.0
Can i leave the /etc/dotlrn/config.tcl on localhost or should i change that as well?