sharing files on wireless network?

Question

I have a speedtouch wirless router and my desktop and laptop are both connected to this how do i get both computers to share files.

Answer 1

Check out http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-11334_7-6232456-1.html

It's fairly simple, really. Here's a summary of that site (the file sharing part):
Before you can interact with the other computers in your home, you need to create a workgroup--essentially, a group of computers connected to one another over a network. Here's how to do it.

Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > Network Connections > "Set up a home or small office network."

When asked for a connection method, choose "This computer connects to the Internet through another computer on my network or through a residential gateway."

Unless you're networking only Windows XP systems, choose "Create a network setup disk" when prompted. This creates a floppy you can use to run the wizard on non-XP systems if you have any on your network.

Now run the wizard on each additional system on your network. On non-XP systems, browse the floppy and run the file netsetup.exe. When configuring each system, assign each computer a different name, but use the same workgroup name. It can be any name you desire. Now that you've created a workgroup, you can begin sharing files and folders among the computers.

You can elect which files or folders to share on each computer, but only the individual user who has administrative privileges can apply the settings. To check who has these privileges, go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > User Accounts. If you're the only user, then you're the Administrator.

To share a specific folder, right-click its icon in My Computer and select Sharing And Security. Click the Sharing tab and select Share This Folder. After you give the folder a name, all the computers in your workgroup can see its contents.

By default, users will have read-only access to these files and won't be able to save any changes or create new files of their own. To let users make changes to the files, right-click a file, select Sharing And Security, then the Sharing tab, and this time hit Permissions. In the new window, check Full Control, Change, or Read.

Hope this helps.