Remember: This isn't meant to be run from behind the NAT box. You are right: No one cares if the local machines IP is 192.168.0.1. all that matters is the outside IP address. So, you have it run _on_ your NAT box (like I do) and foreward any necessary packets into the internal network. I currently have windows 2000 forewarding SSH, SSH2, FTP, and Telnet requests(ports 22,22,21, and 23, respectively) to my linux box on the internal network. So I, like you, can do the same things. I can SSH, telnet, or FTP into my computers from far away. However, many people won't buy DSL Routers- they will have 486's routing packets running a light distro of linux- and then this comes in handy. Especially when you are likely to be disconnected frequently- as I am.