Networking Windows ME and Windows XP

I having problems also with Xp and Me Windows home
network. I am using a 4 port Lynx router for a hub and to
share cable modem internet connection. I can get access
to both computers and few files, but the ME computer
connection is very slow and has a hard time downloading
files from the WEB and will hangup if the file is large.
Furthermore, file transfer between the two computers
general causes a hangup if the file is of any size.
Can some help?

>-----Original Message-----
>This may be a simple questions, but I have been unable
to
>find an answer on the Web.
>
>I have a Windows XP computer connected through a
>Speedstream 4-port router to a DSL line. We have a
guest
>staying with us who has a laptop running Windows ME. I
>have been able to easily setup a Home Network on the XP
>machine. I have conencted their computer to the router
>and have no trouble with Internet connectivity, however
I
>have been unable to configure the ME machine so that it
>can share files and be registered on that same Home
>Network.
>
>Does anyone have a link to an article that give me step-
>by-step instructions on registering an ME machine on a
>home network?
>
>-Stephen
>
>.
>