baronvongogo... Thanx for all the help. All the steps make sense now. Now all I need is all that new equipment to arrive... the waiting is killing me! I do have one question. Do I just have to enable each device on my Desktop or do I have to do that on my laptop as well? I'm assuming if I just enable / activate the share option through my desktop (since it's the one with the router ) then my Laptop (since it will be on the same workgroup) can just access those external devices wirelessly. Correct?
mikesgroovin... Thanx for the information on the scanner. I think my scanner is the least of my worries. I can always just plug it into my laptop whenever I need to use it IF it comes to that, no biggie. If I can definitely set it up so I can access with wirelessly then that great, if I can't seem to get it running I'll do it the old fashioned way.