Browsing for other Macs on same Local Area Network

I have two Macs both with Appletalk turned on and both connected to a local area network. The router hands out IP addresses, i.e. they are not fixed. I would like to either browse for one computer from the other or enter the NAME of the other computer and have it located. I carefully check the other computer to determine its name and enter it in the "Connect to Server" and it isn't found. I try browsing and it doesn't show anything except a applications/Library/User folders in "network" None of there are on the other computer.
I have to log onto the other computer, look up its current IP address, then enter it on the one I want to connect from.
It should be possible to locate other computers that have sharing turned on.
What do I do to make this happen either automatically or when I browse. Even Windooze can locate other windooze machines on the same network!

I imagine you've already done this, but when you copy the computer's name, you changed the spaces to dashes, right?
If this is the Computer Name as listed in "Sharing":
My Isolated Mac
When you connect to server (apple-K), you type this for the "server address":
My-Isolated-Mac
I've had this problem with the Network Browser too. Today in fact. Sometimes the "Network" item in the left column of a Finder window wil have a tiny "eject" icon beside it, and when you select Network, you get a list of everybody available. Sometimes you don't see the icon, and when you select Network, I just see three empty folders. I haven't figured out why, but when I did "Connect to Server" and typed the Bonjour name of one of the computers on the network, I connected and everything seemed to work again. Hmmm...
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