IMac G5 sharing files with windows computer

Hi,
I have an iMac g5 which is wireless, I want to be able to access my other windows based computers to share files.
I have a Netgear wireless router and my iMac g5 is connected to the network (i.e. the internet works). From a windows computer I can access my iMac g5 through using "run" and typing in my ip and username, for my imac g5.
Apple help tells me that if I open a finder window and click on the network tab my workgroup will be there and all my computers will be there and i can connect to them. However the network appears but none of my computers do?
p.s. I have windows file sharing and apple talk activated.
How can i fix this?

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