In a particular embodiment, the disclosure is directed to a method of configuring a computer (106) coupled to (112) a residential gateway (102). The method includes executing resource sharing software on the computer, receiving a message from the residential gateway requesting identification of available resources of the computer, and sending a response message to the residential gateway. The response message identifies a se of available resources of the computer. The method further includes receiving access settings corresponding t each of the set of available resources and configuring the computer to provide access to each of the set of available resources in accordance with the access settings.
