Router + Airport Extreme + Static IP - Air Disk

Hi there,
Would anyone please be able to give me a pointer on how to setup the following scenario?
1. I've a netgear modem/router (DGN2000) and an Apple Airport Extreme which has 'joined my network' wirelessly.
2. Attached to the Airport Extreme is a USB HDD (air disk) which I'm successfully using as a time-machine.
3. My ISP has me on a static IP address, which i've found (along with the hostname) from http://whatismyipaddress.com/
I'd love to be able to access my timemachine backups from work, but have absolutely no idea on how to make that happen without MobileMe. I've attempted to connect via afp to the ip address, but am denied access. I have a feeling this has something to do with the Netgear router?
In short, would someone please be able to walk me through the settings I'll need to adjust to make this possible?
Many thanks for your time

nelga wrote:
2. Attached to the Airport Extreme is a USB HDD (air disk) which I'm successfully using as a time-machine.
You need to know, that's "iffy" and +*not supported by Apple.+* See: Using Time Machine with an Airport Extreme Air Disk (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum).
It does work for some people, for some time. It may work fine for a few weeks or months, but many times the backups will suddenly turn up corrupted. Sometimes they can be repaired by Disk Utility or Disk Warrior, but often they can't.
If you still want to do it, by all means keep secondary backups as well. See #27 in Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions for some alternatives.
For the remote access, a few folks have done it via MobileMe. It was, of course, very slow.
I don't recall a post doing it any other way.

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