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In my experience, Homegroups have been the easiest setup I have ever used!
The XP Workgroups were terrible, but homegroups set up so easily.
~Lordbob
The official protocol is SMB (Server Message Block) / CIFS (Common Internet File System). I prefer calling it by it's protocol name than just "workgroup", because "workgroup" is a combination of things, some of them are SMB/CIFS protocol to transfer files, then there's WINS (Windows Internet Name Service) to connect each node in a workgroup and several other...
zzz2496
Edit: you don't have to use WINS to access a SMB/CIFS server, DNS FQDN or IP address will suffice.
I have never set up a workgroup. I wish that was the route I had taken instead of homegroup. Since everyting is now working for me, I don't feel inclined to change it. If it ain't broke...