What should I set my firewall rules for on the d-link?
Here are the options:

Name:.....________
Action:.....Allow/Deny

................Interface...IP range start......end.....protocol...port.....range
source:..... _______...___________.....___
destination:______... ___________.....___....______....____....____

Schedule....always or at certain times

.......................Rules

Action..............Name ...............................Source..........Destination....................Protocol
Allow/deny......allow to ping WAN port......WAN,*...........LAN, MY.IP.IS.HERE........ICMP,8
Allow/deny......default...............................*,* ..............LAN,*.............................IP (0),*
Allow/deny......default...............................LAN,*...........*,*.................................IP (0),*

and if I ever wanted to connect to my desktop remotely would I have to have the firewall off
or could I set up something with a password that the firewall wouldn't block?

Thanks for any advice.