2 networked Macs.. cant see 1 in Finder sidebar

I have an iMac & Mini on the same wireless home network, both with 10.5.2. I can not get the the Mini to show under "servers" on the iMac's Finder, yet the iMac does show on the Mini's Finder.
-Both have File sharing enabled & are sharing the whole harddrive.
-I have both firewalls set too allow everything.
-I can use screen sharing on the iMac to see the Mini fine.
-I can still access the Mini from Go -> Network.
-Finder sidebar prefs on both do have all the options under "Servers" checked.

Sorry for the delayed response, and doubly sorry that I don't have an answer for you. However, I did want to share with you that I'm having the exact same issue, albeit between an iMac and a new octocore Mac Pro. Just got the iMac two days ago - it sees the Pro tower and lists it in the SHARED line item in the Finder sidebar. The Pro tower, however, does not list the iMac in the Finder sidebar. I CAN connect to the iMac from the Mac Pro by using the 'Connect to Server' option in the Finder, but the way I figure it, I shouldn't have to do that.
Bummer, but not a showstopper .....
Based on all the messages in this forum, I suspect Apple are working diligently to clean up Leopard networking. Seems to be a bit of a rat's nest at the moment, and inconsistent, at best.
-- jeff

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