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OK well... that's what software firewalls are there for.
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That wouldnt be the best way to do it as then you have to allow sharing between you own PCs but not anything the neigbour has. This would become a difficult to manage, especially if using DHCP. The best way would be to get another router and put your own network behind that.
Which was alluded to in the post that made no sense to you 
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I'm curious as to why you think that you would have to enable file/printer sharing on one of the clients when using a software firewall, in order for
AlizÃÃâ€*’©e to connect to the wireless AP? She would only be connecting to the AP and not to any other devices connecting to the WAN - why would she need or want to connect to the owner's PC anyway?
I'm also unsure why you think that using DHCP would be problematic and difficult to manage? The router uses NAT to handle IP assignment of all connected endpoints? Where's the problem?
Adding an additional router to the equation isn't the best way to do this, imo, as it's overkill. Why not set up a separate VLAN if you really didn't want her PC being on the same segment as another? Although, that too, imo, is going OTT.
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ps - Retrovertigo, does she have a webcam
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pps - hang on, my missus is French... leave my wife alone!