File sharing through router or network adaptors?

I've just set up a wireless home system with a Belkin wireless modem/router
as the Internet connection for two desktop PCs and two laptops, each with
network adapters.

I now want to set up file and printer sharing for all these computers. As a
complete newbie to networking I'm not sure if I have to set up each computer
to look for the other network adapters or do it via the modem/router (which
does not have a wired connection to any machine).

Can some kind soul give me a few pointers of which direction to go next? It
took an age to set up the Internet system and I don't want to do anything
that might disrupt that.

Thanks in advance.

Rick

On 12 May 2004 15:31, "Rick Burton" wrote:
>I've just set up a wireless home system with a Belkin wireless
>modem/router as the Internet connection for two desktop PCs and two
>laptops, each with network adapters.
>
>I now want to set up file and printer sharing for all these computers.
>As a complete newbie to networking I'm not sure if I have to set up
>each computer to look for the other network adapters or do it via the
>modem/router (which does not have a wired connection to any machine).
>
>Can some kind soul give me a few pointers of which direction to go
>next? It took an age to set up the Internet system and I don't want to
>do anything that might disrupt that.

You have to set it up on each computer.

You might want to start by reading this document: http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/br...orkgroups.mspx

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Ben M. Schorr, MVP-OneNote
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"Ben M. Schorr" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed). ..
> On 12 May 2004 15:31, "Rick Burton" wrote:
> >I've just set up a wireless home system with a Belkin wireless
> >modem/router as the Internet connection for two desktop PCs and two
> >laptops, each with network adapters.
> >
> >I now want to set up file and printer sharing for all these computers.
> >As a complete newbie to networking I'm not sure if I have to set up
> >each computer to look for the other network adapters or do it via the
> >modem/router (which does not have a wired connection to any machine).
> >
> >Can some kind soul give me a few pointers of which direction to go
> >next? It took an age to set up the Internet system and I don't want to
> >do anything that might disrupt that.
>
> You have to set it up on each computer.
>
> You might want to start by reading this document:
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/br...orkgroups.mspx
>
> --
> -Ben-
> Ben M. Schorr, MVP-OneNote
> SchorrTech Blog: http://www.thespoke.net/MyBlog/bschorr/MyBlog.aspx
> Upgrading & Repairing PCs:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...nseverythpages
>

Thank you so much. Wish me luck!