Networking 2 home macs through wireless router ?

Hi we recently purchased a mini mac and a macbook both intel macs, i want to conect them both in a network how do i go about that our router is a BT Voyager 2110 wirless router.
Any input or advice would be much apreciated, thank you for your time.

Are you saying you've tried this and it doesn't work, or are you asking for the first time setup?
Once you've configured the wireless base station in the router (check the documentation that came with the router), all you should need to do is tell each Mac to join the wireless network (which you can do either via System Preferences -> Network -> AirPort, or through the AirPort menu extra in your menu bar).

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