Yes, I went ahead and forwarded port 80 to 192.168.1.222, which isn't either of the two computers I've got on my network (192.168.1.100 and 192.168.1.101). Is that ok?
Yes. It avoids the small danger of peoply trying to get to your Linksys router's admin functions from the outside.
As an aside, I usually follow two rules when doing this kind of thing: (a) I use an IP address on an "edge", like 253 or 254 so that the rest of my address space is contiguous and available without something sticking out in the middle, and (b) I always document my changes. In the case of something like your Linksys, I would probably assign that IP address (222 in your case, 254 in mine) as a static IP address for (obviously fake) MAC address 12-34-56-78-90-ab. That way, whenever I am messing around with the DHCP server functions, I will be reminded NOT to use that address.
As for making routers accessible from the outside, do you mean typing my non-local (global?) IP address (68.203. something) into the browser and configuring my router from somewhere outside my network? Is that what the danger with leaving port 80 open is?
Yes.
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