I'm pretty computer literate for the most part...except when it comes to networks. So I was wondering if it'd be possible to link my computer with a friend's so we'd have access to eachother's files.

We have different ISP's and he lives about 2 miles away which is well beyond my wireless network, heh. I have Adelphia cable and he has wireless net called Beamspeed or something like that. Any suggestions?

Thanks for the help, but I forgot to mention I'm still running Windows 98. I have a crappy old computer      I need to get a new one, but until I can afford it I'm stuck with the old piece of junk I have now. Any ideas still?

By the way thanks for the welcome, and just so you aren't confused later on, I'm a guy. I chose the name cause it's a joke from when i played Halo with my friends. It just kinda stuck since.  

...umm yeah...wtf is file sharing for $100 Alex.

   Thats just mean, YOUR AN ASS. Not really its funny as hell.  

HEY A NEW MXC IS ON, TONY HAWKS ON THERE. Not as good as the ol japanese stuff though.

  No I think CA3LE is dissapointed like I was because we are both in Arizona and thought maybe......well ya know.....lol
  Microwave

if you are just looking to share files there is a nice little program I found somewhere that I have been using. Basically all it is is the "send file" feature in AIM, without a bandwidth cap (or ads for that matter.) It is called Look@file, you can find a download searching for that on google. It is kinda hard to get working at first, but once you do it once or twice you will know how it works. Comes with an informative, if example lacking help file. It lets you send files or folders. My friend shot me a little over a GB of data in a few hours using this program, not too bad for a peer-to-peer connection.

To complete this task, running Win98 isn't a problem at all if your buddy is running WinXP. It might work if you both are running Win98 also.

Check out this link: Remote Desktop Connection


Some people complain that the Windows version has a much higher latency effect.

That being said, here are a few more apps that allow remote access (not freeware, but great nevertheless):

Symantec Inc. PC Anywhere

Radmin (Remote Administrator 2.2)

RemotelyAnywhere

Not only will you have access to each other's files, you will control his/her's computer (vice versa) in real time.

Hope this helps. Good luck!

You could set up GuildFTPd on each computer, and share the folders that you want.  Then when you want to get files from the other computer, you can just login via FTP if you have the person's IP addy...

Another option, you could set up a VPN.  I think windows XP is able to run a VPN server, and I know that Windows 98 has a VPN client.  This would make it seem as though you were on the same local network as the other machine.