Leopard iMacs don't function in home network folder - only in "My Network"

Since upgrading two of our iMacs to Leopard, in Finder, the iMacs appear in both "Chris's" (our home network name), and in the generic "My Network" folders.
However, when I want to connect to the iMacs in the proper network (Chris's) I get the infuriating "...fix alias" garbage. Only by selecting the iMacs in "My Network" can I make a connection. Why? Is Leopard, even now, still behaving like a Beta product?
I want all of our Macs in the same folder, on the same network, accessible in the same folder. Just like it was in Tiger.
How do I do that? Or should I just revert to Tiger?
Many thanks in advance.
Cheers
Chris

Well, I tried to post a screenshot but obviously cannot on this forum (!!!!!!!)
On all of my Tiger computers here, Finder's column to the far left has the Grey network Icon. Click on that, and column 2 has:
Library (Document icon)
My Network (Blue folder icon)
Reynolds (Blue folder icon - our actual named network at home)
Servers (network 'globe' icon)
I have had the 'My Network' icon since I installed Leopard on one iMac. I do not have any servers, this is purely a home network, I have no Windows PCs on the network, and the network is managed by a regular Apple Airport (n) Extreme Base Station.
This isn't life threatening. It's just an annoyance that normally is associated with Windows networking. But it isn't Windows, it's all Apple. I haven't created 'My Network' - Apple's equipment here has.
If it's just a stupidly bad designed element of OS X then I'll try to forget about it. It's just inexplicable and over-complicating an already complicated technology.
Thanks for your interest.
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