Unable to connect 2 Macs over internet

Hi,
Here is a situation that the tech support at my ISP seems to be clueless to help me with. I have an iMac G5 (OX 10.4.4) and my son has an eMac (OS X 10.4.3) He lives two miles away. I am connected to the net via a cable modem he has a DSL modem that is followed by an Ethernet Broadband Router to split his connection off to a PS2. I want to send some rather large files to him. His IP address is a 192.... which I have been told is the router and hence may act as a firewall. I tried having him connect the eMac directly to the modem and we got the same IP address. So the bottom line is we have tried turning things like file sharing on and off, trying to understand the network panel in system preferences, and somewhere we are doing nothing right because I cannot find anything that allows me to connect to him. The reality is I am not too technically oriented and he is 13, so is anyone able to explain this so that even a college grad can understand what to do? Thanx.
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.4)
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.4)
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.4)
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.4)
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.4)
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.4)
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.4)
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.4)

Hey man,
The router is a Dynex-E401. I just found the companies web site and they have instructions for forwarding the router which when I can have my son available I will have him do. Unfortunately, I am not able to go into that house since the crazy woman who lives there does not like me, however I think he will be able to follow any instructions I give him. In the meantime I understand the concept regarding file sharing, etc. So I will try their instructions and if I have problems, I will repost, Thanx.
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