Secure sharing between 2 PCs

[Ben Hardy]

I have 2 PCs. One has Windows XP Pro SP2 and the other has Windows XP
Home SP2. Each of them has Zone Alarm Firewall installed.
I have them both connected to a Dynamode R-ADSL-C4S which is a 4 port
hub combined with an ADSL Broadband Modem.
Each PC can connect to the Internet no problem.
What I would like to do is to be able to share files & folders between
the two PCs securely i.e. that there is no possibility for anyone else
to access my data via the Internet.
I have configured certain folders on each PC to be shared.
So far I have tried the ‘Set up a Home or Small office Network’ option
on both PCs to no avail.
I have re-configured Zone Alarm to allow for exceptions using each PCs
IP address.
Can someone point me in a direction where I might find layman’s
instructions on how to achieve sharing between these 2 PCs?

 

[Patrick Keenan]

I have 2 PCs. One has Windows XP Pro SP2 and the other has Windows XP
Home SP2. Each of them has Zone Alarm Firewall installed.
I have them both connected to a Dynamode R-ADSL-C4S which is a 4 port
hub combined with an ADSL Broadband Modem.
Each PC can connect to the Internet no problem.
What I would like to do is to be able to share files & folders between
the two PCs securely i.e. that there is no possibility for anyone else
to access my data via the Internet.
I have configured certain folders on each PC to be shared.
So far I have tried the ‘Set up a Home or Small office Network’ option
on both PCs to no avail.
I have re-configured Zone Alarm to allow for exceptions using each PCs
IP address.
Can someone point me in a direction where I might find layman’s
instructions on how to achieve sharing between these 2 PCs?

What is the disk format, FAT32 or NTFS? NTFS has many more permissions
possible.

HTH
-pk

 

[Ben Hardy]

Both are NTFS

What is the disk format, FAT32 or NTFS? NTFS has many more permissions
possible.

HTH
-pk

 

[John Wunderlich]

I have 2 PCs. One has Windows XP Pro SP2 and the other has Windows
XP Home SP2. Each of them has Zone Alarm Firewall installed.
I have them both connected to a Dynamode R-ADSL-C4S which is a 4
port hub combined with an ADSL Broadband Modem.
Each PC can connect to the Internet no problem.
What I would like to do is to be able to share files & folders
between the two PCs securely i.e. that there is no possibility for
anyone else to access my data via the Internet.
I have configured certain folders on each PC to be shared.
So far I have tried the ‘Set up a Home or Small office Network’
option on both PCs to no avail.
I have re-configured Zone Alarm to allow for exceptions using each
PCs IP address.
Can someone point me in a direction where I might find layman’s
instructions on how to achieve sharing between these 2 PCs?

From what I've been able to find, the Dynamode R-ADSL-C4S is an ADSL
Firewall Router with 4-port switch. Read the manual for this device
and it should tell you how you can configure it to let all your
devices communicate freely on the local LAN while blocking accesses
from the internet.

HTH,
John