I have a linksys router and an 8 port switch everything is working fine as far as internet and lan sharing. I can’t get the remote desktop connection to work outside of the lan. I am told i need to configure the router to allow this to work. If this is the case, how do I go about doing that? I have 5 static ip addresses given to me by the isp.

you need to configure the router to do port forwarding so that when you do remote desktop it is passed through the router. port 3389