@ WAG0376,

If you haven't already, turn off your xp firewall. Not advisable to have 2 firewalls running at the same time.

Your router has a nat firewall in it. you'll need to set it for upnp or forward a port. I've read it's better to forward a port with your type of router.

First step is to set up a static ip(very important, won't work without it): How to set up a static IP address on a Windows XP computer.

Then forward the port: Port Forwarding for the Dlink DI-524

Let us know how it goes.

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