Sharing desktop with Leopard

Hi there everybody.
Not sure if this is the right place to post my question so my apologies if it has been done already somewhere else.
Question is simple:
is it possible to share a Tiger desktop remotely from Leopard OSX?
Leopard to Leopard desktop sharing works just great with the built in ARD features however, in the Leopard finder "server" section, also my shared Tiger machines appear to be available.
Unfortunately, if I try to access remotely one of this desktops, the "contacting" window pops up but stays on forever without actually creating the connection.
I have enabled everything on the server-side (Tiger computer) such as ARD, file sharing, remote login, visitor access...
Is there anything I am still missing here or sharing desktop Leopard to Tiger is simply not possible without suitable Client s/w running on the Leopard side?
/P

If you're referring to the screen sharing built into Leopard, I'd suggest you ask in the Networking Leopard forum (or perhaps the Using Leopard forum). You'll be more likely to get an answer there, since (at least in theory) everyone posting here is using or asking about the Apple Remote Desktop application.
Regards.

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