WRT54G Router and print problem

I have my desktop wired to the router. Laptop is wireless.
Desktop is always on so I want to be to print from laptop.
Running XP with firewall off. File and print sharing enabled.
Broadband internet works fine on both. But when I run
Network setup wizard I lose my internet connection on the
wired desktop. Have to restore on desktop to get it back.
What am I doing wrong?

fscoglio wrote:
Workgroup names are same.
I set up shared folders on both computers.
Firewall is disabled.
I can ping laptop from desktop.
Laptop is 192.168.1.104
Desktop is 192.168.1.1 which is same as router? Is this correct?
Devices on the same network cannot have the same IP address. Since 192.168.1.1 is for the router, check the IP of the desktop and try to ping that.
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