Connecting two Mac minis...

I'm trying to send a text file through Airport to another Mac mini. I think Personal File Sharing would allow me to put files I want to transfer in my Public folder, then retrieve them on the other Mac mini, but when I tried to do this, I had some problems...
I first enabled Personal File Sharing in System Preferences, then went to the other Mac mini and went to the address I was given in Sarfari(it was afp://(some numbers)). Then a dialog box popped up and said Connect to the file server "My Mac Mini", then had two buttons for either Guest or Registered User.
It was preset on Registered User, but was asking for a name and password which I'm not sure what password they want. Because I didn't know the password for a Registered User, I tried to access as a guest. I selected the button by Guest and pushed Connect. Another dialog window came up and asked me which volumes to mount with a list of computers(mine was the only one on there). I'm new to Macs and I don't know what mounting the volume would do. I don't need a permanent icon on the other Mac mini's desktop, I just want to access files from both computers without having to switch between computers.
Could someone please explain to me what mounting a volume does, and maybe the registered user option when you are "logging into" the computer?
Thanks!

OK - Let's start with some basics:
* If all you want is to drop files onto a remote computer - it's simplest to use the Drop Box - that way you can choose guest and forget about passwords and user names.
If you need to access either the whole folder of a remote user (Their photos/documents/everything in their "Home" directory (Go -> Home on finder will take you to your local home folder) - then you need to know the short user name and password on the remote computer you want to connect to.
You can see the short name and change the password if needed using the Accounts prefernce pane.
All mounting a volume does is the user/password and create a point on your computer where the files "show up" - once that is done - you can do anything you want as if the files were really on your hard disk - except the commands to write a file, copy, delete or move the file - will go through the network if the file really is on the other computer.

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I first enabled Personal File Sharing in System Preferences, then went to the other Mac mini and went to the address I was given in Sarfari(it was afp://(some numbers)). Then a dialog box popped up and said Connect to the file server "My Mac Mini", then had two buttons for either Guest or Registered User.
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