i dunno. but, after going online to iomega and asked their tech support online, they traced the problem to the firewall. so, once i found out my hdd's IP address and added into zonealarm as a 'trusted' IP, my PC and laptop can see the drive. right now, i'm backing up my pics.
i was thinking between netgear's SC101 home NAS setup and iomega. ended up with iomega 160GB cos it already comes with a hdd. the netgear's dun come with hdd, but over at PK computers, they have a bundle offer. u might wanna check it out cos u can put 2 hdds in it as a failsafe. the iomega has only 1 hdd, so i still have to backup on CDs/DVDs.