Can't connect to Mac Pro???

I have a Mac Pro running 10.5.8. Filesharing is turned on and I am listed as an authorized user with read/write access, but I can't access the machine from any other Mac (Leopard or Snow Leopard) in the office. I can screen share to it, but I can't simply mount a shared drive.
Help?

On the computer that resists connection, open Network Utility select the Interface used (typically en0), and check the error counts. There should be no more than a tiny handful of errors at startup. Increasing counts or non-trivial numbers of errors mean the interface is not working properly.
On a regular Mac, Use Network Utility Ping pane to send a burst of pings (10 should tell you) to the Mac that resists connection, and see if the times are consistent and no dropped packets.
Ping-ing back the other way should also work great with no slow or dropped packets.

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