Networking New iBook w/G4 Tower/Using AirPort

Greetings Experts!
I just purchased an iBook G4 and AirPort Extreme Base Station. I have hooked the base station up to my G4 Tower via ethernet cable, as it does not have an AirPort card. I used AirPort Assistant and everything works fine as far as Internet access for both Tower and iBook.
Here are my questions: When I set up the iBook (before the base station arrived), I used the firewire target drive mode method of transferring all my stuff (accounts for family members etc), so does my laptop now think it is my Tower? I ask because I would like to access my Tower, using it as a server, with my laptop one of the workstations. Do I need that Apple Remote Desktop program to have a simple home network? How do I get the two computers to talk to each other via AirPort besides just share an internet connection? Should I wipe my iBook and start over with a new computer "identity?" THANK YOU and sorry about all the questions.
G4 Tower and G4 iBook   Mac OS X (10.4.3)   AirPort Extreme

Hi fridaygrrl,
usually the setup is like this:
1. enable Personal Filesharing: open "System Preferences", click "Sharing" and check "Personal Filesharing" on both computers
2. connect to the other computer: open the Finder, click on the Network icon and select the computer you bwant to connect to. You will be asked your user name and password. Now you can access your home folder on that machine. If you choose to log in as guest, you get only access to the root directory and the public folders.
If for some reason your computers have the same name, change the name in "System Preferences" > "Sharing"
Try this and if there are any problems post back.
-Petra

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