Problem remote disk

on my mac air do not have the cd player, I wanted to try to use the remote disk, but following the instruction recommended by Apple to enable this option (System Preferences-Sharing-tick sharing dvd or cd), but I do not appear in sharing, tick sharing dvd or cd (all other options are shares in this part).
then I tried to install the program through apple: Sharing DVDs or CDs and it says it is already installed on mac.

Hi jackts89,
I apologize, I'm a bit unclear on the exact nature of the issue you are describing. To clarify, you would be ticking the DVD or CD Sharing option on the computer that does have a optical disk drive. You may find the following article helpful:
DVD or CD sharing: Using Remote Disc
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5287
Regards,
- Brenden

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