Filesharing w/ two Dual 2.5 G5s using eithernet: What am I doing wrong?

Hello everyone.
I'm trying to setup a computer-to-computer ethernet connection between two Dual 2.5Ghz G5's, both running OS 10.4.6, however I am running into problems. I've never done this before, so I may be missing something very simple, so please bare with me.
I've followed the mac help file for setting up ethernet connections, but whenever I pushed "browse" neither computer would show up. Thus my search for answers turned online, and found instructions stating that I should see something like this, 'Other Macintosh users can access your computer at afp://xxx.xxx.x.xxx/"
I see this number for one G5 (right under the "service box") but there is no such number on the other G5. What caused this to happen?
And once again, when I choose "browse for computer name" it never connects to a different computer, regardless of which computer I start from.
I know my ethernet cables are good (I used them at school to connect to the internet), and according to many posts I've found, I do not need a special "crossover" cable as these macs are fairly new.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks in advance for your help and reply.
Dual 2.5GHz G5 Mac OS X (10.4.5) 5Gb Ram, Logic 7.1.1 and other goodies

Three digits aren't necessary for a valid IP address. An IP in the form of x.x.x.x would be valid. The problem probably lies in the combination of IP address and subnet mask.
With the IP formats you have now, unless both of those IP addresses have corresponding subnet masks of 255.255.0.0, they won't be able to see each other.
It may be easiest to switch the built-in ethernet to obtain an address manually rather than letting OS X set a self-assigned address as it's doing now. If you were to set one machine with an IP of 192.168.0.2 and the other as 192.168.0.3, both with a subnet of 255.255.255.0, they should be able to see each other.

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