files sharing/router/wireless/security
 

I've done some extensive googling and searching on the tfp but have yet to come up with a guide/how to for this issue.

I have two pc's, both running winxp pro, using a dlink wireless router with wep enabled (no wpa option in the router). And I would like to share hard drives and a printer securely, the one pc is wireless and the other is directly connected to the router. I am not sure if i should be using the simple file sharing option in windows or is there another way i can view hard drives back and forth between pc's that is secure so people on the outside could not see or gain access to the drives. thanks for any help!

Go ahead and share the drives. The IPs of your computers are non-world routable, so they wouldn't be able to see them. That's the whole idea behind routers and firewalls anyway.

I bet you can just go into explorer and type "\\ip address of machine you want to access\c$ and you would be able to see the default share.

ah cheers, the words i was looking for! thanks again!

I don't think you'll need to share C: or any other fixed drive you have.
Win sets up these admin shares by default.

You just need permission to use them. By that I mean, if you are on a domain it should authenticate you automatically if you are domain admin.
In a workgroup, you might have to enter an account name and password if you have different accounts set up on the machines.

Don't mess with sharing the root of your C: if you can help it. If someone does get in, it makes it a little easier for them to view your files.

WillyPete: C$ is a hidden share enabled by default in Windows.

As I said, but I got the impression that you were advocating actively changing the sharing when you said:
I see now that you meant the folders, rather than the drive roots.