can anyone explain file & printer sharing in a way that a 5 year old (ie: me) can understand cos i'm pulling my hair out here!
i have my PC and my wifes laptop sharing an ADSL connection via an ADSL router with built in 4 port switch
both machines can access the internet via this setup but cannot access one another - the main reason i'm trying to do this is so that my wife can print from her laptop via my PC (although it would be useful for her to put files on my hard drive to burn to CD too)
both machines are running windows 2000 (mine=NTFS, hers=FAT32) both have software firewalls (mine has sygate hers has zone alarm) although i've obviously switched the firewalls off whilst trying to configure this & still no joy
i can see her computer in computers near me but can't access anything on it, just get a not accessable: network path not found error when i try. she can't even see my computer in computers near me on her laptop
i've tried some of the guides on sites like homenethelp & practicallynetworked, but no joy....anyone got any ideas or care to explain how its done in single sylable words