Airport Extreme connect to Mac Pro HD

I just set up a new Airport Extreme & its working perfectly allowing me to connect to my IP from both my Macbook Pro (also brand new & running 10.6) & my Mac Pro (running 10.5.8). I want to also access the Mac Pro itself so I can get files, etc. from it. I can't seem to figure out how to do that. Could anyone tell me how to do that, please.
Harris

What I need now is some Detailed instructions on setting up the whole thing so that I can pull files off the Mac Pro & put them on the Macbook Pro & vice versa.
Check out the following articles to see if they will help:
o Establish File-Sharing & Notifications Between Networked Macs
o Mac 101: Sharing Files Between Two Macs
o Apple Support: Mac 101: File sharing

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