Hi,

Not to much into programming/Linux/maemo/... myself. But as yourself a happy N900 owner, happy with the phone/PC as is. And knowing that it's a work in progress, eager to see what's coming!!

I am willing to test drive programs, knowing that I can brick my device, but fairly sure I can revitalize it just by reading around on the forums here. (Tip: Use the backup feature)

An automated/scheduled Backup feature (like on the 5800) would be nice.



On Topic:

The 192.x.x.x is the LAN (Local Area Network) IP address. When you want to connect from outside your LAN you need to connect to the router on his WAN (Wide Area Network= the Net) IP address and the router can route that connection to your computer on the LAN.

This implies setting correct ports/forwarding rules,... on your router. I am not familiar with those settings, so can't help you on that part, also it's a bit different on every single type of router.
I don't know if this version of VNC (free I suppose?) supports connecting from outside the LAN?

So didn't help you much there, but you might have a better idea of what the problem is that you're facing.

Greetings