Simple network file shring

Hi all I am running 8.2. I have two machines connected to a Vigor 2200E router attached to ntl cable modem. I would like to share my home directory and other files with the second machine so I can log in on that machine. I have tried all sorts of configurations of NIS and NFS with yast2 but I cannot get it to work. Should I be using these programmes to do what I want or is there a simpler way ? I don't have much knowlrdge of networking and the more I read the more confused I get. Can someone help with the simplest way to achieve what I want please ? The NICs are both set up using DHCP and the network itself works fine. TIA Mike