Windows and mac networking

First of all let me Introduce my self; I am a 23 year old entrepreneur from Bangladesh. I just moved back to Bangladesh, from the States after completing my undergrad. I am a total a newbie when is comes to computer networking and such. Now let’s get into business:
Description of Hardware:
10 clone PCs running Windows XP Professional
1 MacBook Pro running OS X 10.5.5
1 Netgear Ethernet HUB
1 Netgear Wireless Router (WGR614v9)
2 USB printers
Current Setup:
10 PCs are all in a workgroup , connected via a Netgear Ethernet HUB, with static IPs. Where two of the PCs connected to 2 separate USB printers. and all the PC in the workgroup can print using those 2 printers.
The Mac is NOT connected to the workgroup, it’s only connected to the Internet using the wireless router (Netgear).
What I am trying to do:
I am trying join this workgroup wirelessly, so that I can share files and print through the workgroup.
So if I could get some help on how to set up this network so that my Mac and the PCs can work smoothly, without any hitch.
I have asked for help form my network tech guy, but he dosen’t have any idea on how to configure the workgroup so that its Mac friendly or configure the Mac to that it plays nice with the PCs

System Preferences -> Network -> Advanced -> WINS
Fill in your workgroup informaiton.
Your default NetBIOS name is the name you specified in System Preferences -> Sharing. You can change/set your NetBIOS name along with setting your workgroup info, or you can change it in the sharing preferences.
I am ASSUMING that the Netgear WGR614v9 IS the router being used by the PCs and the Mac. That is to say, you have just 1 subnet and everyone is on the same subnet. I'm guessing that the Netgear using a subnet along the lines of 192.168.1.* (or 192.168.2.*, or something similar). Just make sure your Mac is in the same subnet.
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