Connect to windows machine with ethernet

This is driving me nuts, because I used to do it with Tiger and Panther, albeit it took hours to figure out, but fail with Leopard. I just want to grab some large files from a windows machine via ethernet cable. The Mac Help didn't help at all. I connect the cable, have file sharing is turned on (I think), but the network browser doesn't find the windows machine and "connect to" doesn't seem to work. What exactly are "DNSname" and "sharename", and how do they relate to "network name" and "computer name?" because nothing I put after smb:// seems to work. Firewall is off.
Any quick help out there?
Lars

Thanks for the reply!
Windows firewall is off, the ip address starts with 169 and the sub mask net is 255.255.0.0. In the Local Area Connection Status window when I click "repair" it eventually says "... the following action cannot be completed: Renewing your IP address.
Meanwhile I've tried the other way around, having the Mac join the pc's network, but I cannot for the life of me understand any of the explanations and steps. I'm just not good with Windows beyond the basics.
I went through the gazillion steps to turn file sharing on again just in case and restarted, but still "limited or no connectivity."
Lars

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