Network shares

i get netflix and all those good but i cannot get network shares to work, it wont communicate with my computer my drives all all set for sharing= alsothe wdlive shows up under windows workgroup but it says i cant communicate with it either=tried everything, i am stumped any help appreciated=thanks, dan

See if this tutorial for troubleshooting helps:

http://community.wdc.com/t5/Networking/Troubleshooting-Windows-File-Sharing/m-p/92642#U92642