External drive access via network

I have two computers connected via wired network
When i first upgraded to leopard, i could access external hard drives connected to one computer from the other computer, now the drives do not appear, even though i have specified them as shared folders.
any ideas?

ctsurg—
having the same problem. apple seems to be clueless as to why this 10.5.1 has a problem accessing external drives that are networked via hub by a rj-45 connector. i manage a small outfit an have another mac that runs 10.4.11 the networked external storage drive shows up fine. when i've tried to connect to the external from 10.5.1 no such luck. what is interesting is that 10.5.1 may connect or may not depending on the day. when it does connect it's buggy. it may show up 2 or 3 hours later under the shared option in the left column or the shared column will not show up at all. my next step is to return to 10.4.11.

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