Remote file sharing questions

I'm trying to login to my G5, to share files, from a Macbook connected to the Internet via wireless (Airport Extreme card). It's not working, and I have a few questions. Help would be appreciated.
- I have a .mac account, and BTMM activated on both computers. Is this necessary for remote file sharing? IOW, what's the difference between using BTMM and using "File Sharing" in the Sharing panel?
- I'm trying to login using "connect to server" and the afp address of my G5. The address that shows in the G5 sharing panel is a variation of my router/modem's address. But there must be many other users with the same address--how does this work (the afp doesn't seem to be a unique IP address)?
- I've searched and haven't found a good site that describes in detail the differences between "file sharing" "remote login" "remote management" etc, and how to use them. Any suggesions?
If this helps at all, here's something I did in Terminal:
dns-sd -X udp 123 456 789
Timestamp if External Address Protocol Internal Port External Port TTL
19:01:49.410 0 0.0.0.0 16 123 0 0
Also, if anyone has suggestions on making my remote connection happen, I'd love to hear it. I'm trying to access files from my G5, and I'm away--this isn't a LAN.
thanks.
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A couple more details: right now I'm near a Mac network, and I do see two Macs under the "shared" tab in my finder window. And when I was at home I could see my G5 there, and was able to log into it from my Macbook. Also, my G5 is set to never sleep.
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If it doesn't let him do that, it may be because the router doesn't track computers on its LAN by their ethernet port's or Airport wireless' MAC address, but rather by IP address, so it will only let him forward ports to machines that don't have a dynamically assigned IP address by the router. If that's the case, on to step 2:
Step 2: there should be a link in the advanced setup junk for DHCP Server in one of the router's configuration webpages. He should be able to set a range of DHCP-assigned IP addresses. Does this range of numbers run the whole gamut of the whole subnet? That is to say, if the subnet mask is 255.255.255.0, does the beginning and ending IP addresses run from, say, 192.168.0.2 to 192.168.0.254? If so, restrict the range to something smaller, like 192.168.0.101 to 192.168.0.254. Note: Don't mess with the first three numbers if his are different than my example here, i.e., the 192.168.0 part, only change the last number. I will continue to use the 192.168.0 in my examples, for example only. Leave the subnet alone. Once he's made this change, save changes and reboot router.
In his Mac's System Preferences Network TCP/IP, choose "Using DHCP with manual address" and manually enter an IP address for his Mac. Using my example, choose something between 192.168.0.2 and 192.168.0.100, i.e., something outside the DHCP assigned address range (BTW, x.x.x.254 is as big as the numbers can be, so he needs to pick something less than that x.x.x.101 number). Then apply the change.
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Also, I suppose it is possible that every time he reboots his router, that his ISP could conceivably assign him a new public IP address. He'll need to check that out and if it changes on him, he'll need to text IM you with the new public IP address. He can get it from http://whatsmyipaddress.com.
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