MBP Not Receptive to File Sharing

My 17" MBP 2.33 will not allow other computers to file share or share screens with it.
My file sharing and screen sharing preferences are enabled but to no avail. I can connect to my G5 from my MBP no problem, but not the other way around. I've also tried to connect to my MBP with my mother's MBP with no success.
Also, I can't connect to my iTunes library on my MBP with my iPhone remote. They bond but it won't control it. It's like there's some sort of firewall in the way, but there is none.
I'm running 10.5.5. Any suggestions?

Sorry to join without an answer, but I have the same problem. My 15" MBP connects to my Intel iMac fine but will not allow connections of any sort to be made to it. On the iMac the connection simply fails with no specific error message. I too have tried opening sharing up completely to no avail. I'd be curious to hear if you have found a solution, aside from a clean reinstall of the OS.

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