Slowly but surely, my home network is evolving. ICS works now, and I can share files between the two computers. This was a problem earlier, but then I installed NetBeui on both machines, and everything worked fine. I am wondering about security though. I have a server with two NICs, one with an ADSL connection to the Internet and one connected to the home network. As I mentioned, I have NetBeui installed and file sharing activated. I am sharing two folders on the server (with password protection). Does this setup represent a security risk? Can the shares be seen from the Internet? I should add that I have a static IP address. Is there any way to allow the sharing only on the one NIC on the server that is connected to the home network and not the one connected to the Internet? Thanks for all of your suggestions so far with regard to my earlier problems. They have all been very helpful. /Chip

hello if there password protected there mostlikely secure you might try free pass word and data encryption codeing programs at www.download.com if your useing morpheus or kazaa and with them only what youve set set for shareing is shared.nothing else.you can get free version of zone alarm fire wall there allso have a nice day

Chip, For securing your network using netbeui, check out this page-http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/securnet.htm