How to connect my MacBook Pro and iMac

I have file sharing enabled on both computers and the MBPro connects to the internet via WiFi through the iMac yet the MBPro cannot see the iMac in finder. Both are running the latest version of OSX 10.9.1.
Cheers
David

a other way is use the T model. connect the two mac with the Thunderbolt cable or FireWire cable
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH10725

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