Connecting to my desktop with my laptop

Now that I've got my wireless router up and running, I'm wondering what you guys think would be the best way for me to be able to connect to my desktop with my laptop. Both are running 9.1. The desktop is plugged into the router via cable and I've got my laptop on wireless card. I would like to be able to synchronize my calendars (I'm using Kontact on both of my machines now) and email, mostly. Any ideas? Thanks Jack