sackbut3, I have a setup similar to yours and I could never make Tango work properly either.
For connecting to other machines on the LAN I use SMBFS to mount a local volume on the Amiga. Works fairly well.
You might also want to look at SMBhandler.
For printing to a printer on the Amiga, that's very easy.
Just download LPx.lha from Aminet and follow the instructions. Worked first time for me!
If you need some examples of how to set it up, have a look at my live Samba config here:
ftp://samba:samba@amiga.serveftp.net/SambaNote that I'm using a 3rd party parallel port, not the motherboard one, so the port name will be different for you..
Later,
Anthony.
