Well I was having a heck of a time getting either the automatic port forwarding working in Windows Home Server for my web access to my files, and weirdly enough I couldn’t get it working externally even by manually forwarding all the appropriate ports to the home server through my DIR-655 router.

Turns out the problem was caused by having two routers connected on the same network. It was making it impossible for the Home Server to automatically configure the network, and somehow seemed to be breaking it even when I manually forwarded the ports. By unplugging the wireless G router, setting the Home Server to auto-config, then plugging the wireless G router back in, I was able to get my remote access working again. Horay!