File Sharing XP & Vista with WRT54G-RG Problem

I'm hoping a network ninja can help me out with this, because I can't figure it out.
I have a desktop running XP Home, with a wired connection to the WRT54G-RG Router. 
I have a notebook running Vista that's wirelessly connected to said router.
I have a Rogers cable modem hooked up to the router for internet sharing.
I can surf the net fine from both machines.  I cannot file share.  On XP desktop, the Vista notebook does not show up in the networked computer map.
On the Vista notebook, I can see the desktop on the network, but if I click on it, I get:
Windows cannot access //basementpc.  Error code: 0x80070035.  The network path was not found.
Suspecting my new router, I hooked back up my old router, and everything works fine.  So I hooked up the new router again, and continued to try to figure this out.  I notice one thing strange.
If I run ipconfig on the desktop, it says that it's IP is 192.168.0.105.  If I view the DHCP table on the router, it says the desktop IP is 192.168.0.106.  I'm pretty sure these numbers should match, and I'm not sure why they don't.  They match when I've got my old router hooked up.
I can view the shared folders of the desktop from the notebook if I open a browser and type in the IP of the desktop (using the IP number reported from ipconfig, not the IP number from the DHCP table).
I've done a few things to try to get things working:
Turned off all firewalls on both machines, including the router firewall.
I've done an ipconfig /flushdns on both machines
I've done an ipconfig /release on both machines
I've reset the router, turned off wireless security (for testing purposes)
The firmware on the router appears to be the latest v5.00.38. 
How can I get file sharing to work properly?  Not to mention printer sharing would be nice, but one step at a time!
Thanks,
Joe.

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