Can't Connect To Another Mac On Network

I am not sure what is going on. When I first used my new MBP a week ago in the side bar under Shared there were 2 computers listed. Tony Johansen's Computer and tony-johansens-computer. The first connected to my eMac (running Panther) without a problem, the second showed connection failure.
Now, a week later and after migrating all files to the MBP Tony Johansen's Computer no longer is there in Shared and tony-johansens-computer still gives connection failure.
I do not know how to troubleshoot this. The eMac has file sharing enabled When I go to Network there I can see the alias for the MBP which is called Tony Johansen's Computer (2) but I cannot connect to it (just get a spinng ball) There is a 3rd computer on the network (an old iMac) but it is turned off and should not be causing any problem therefore.
Any suggestions?

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