Shoutbox

Networking is a pain, and I have exactly the same problem as you, my computers on the network wont communicate with each other. This is a problem for me because I can't access files on different computer hard drives. Before we got a wireless/network printer I couldn't share the printer either. If your printer has an ethernet socket you could plug it into the router. Something to take note of is that the comunication you have drawn that goes between your two computers would mean the were in ad-hoc mode, which they aren't, it is worth remembering that any communication between your computer and your family's goes through your router first.