And while people are still paying attention to this thread. . .I guess I need some more help establishing the ssh between my n800 and my XP box when I'm using the WAN (eg public wifi, not on my home network).

From what I can tell. I can set up the ssh between the n800 and the XP box and use VNC with no problem when I've got both devices on my home wlan. Of course, I don't really need to use an ssh on my personal wlan because it's protected by WPA.

This morning, I tried to replicate the setup through the WAN. No luck. I'm thinking I need to tweak the settings on my router (D-Link DI-524). I used the router's browser page to set up a virtual server (which I understand is what D-Link call port forwarding) that is configured as so:

[name] [my.XP.box's.IP] TCP 22/22 always

Sooooo . . . this is where my ideas start to run out. If I want to ssh from the n800 to the XP box, do I ssh to the IP for the router or the XP box? I tried both options and neither worked, so there is probably some other problem as well.

Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?