Can I link 2 computers via Airport & access each others drives

Hi,
I have the following HW.....
- PBook G4
- PowerMac G4
- Graphite Airport Base Station (connected to modem for internet access)
Both cpu's subsequently access internet wirelessly as both have Airport cards built in)
I would like to know if it is possible that I can access the Powermac drive from the PB over the wireless network. I wanna be able to drop to & pull data from one to the other accordingly.
Is this (easliy) possible?
Thanks
jiggy44

jiggy44, Welcome to the discussion area!
I would like to know if it is possible that I can access the Powermac drive from the PB over the wireless network.
Yes. Its just like using Ethernet. On the Power Mac, open the Sharing preference pane and enable File Sharing. That will allow the PowerMac to be visible to the PowerBook. More information can be found in KB 106461, Mac OS X: About File Sharing.

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