Nedd Help with Sharing NAS box on Mac and XP machines

Hello,
I'm new to Macs and having a lot of trouble. I bought a Bason NAS box and hooked it up to my network of two XP machines and my Mac (OSX 10.4). The XP machines see it fine and I can access the box from them. The Mac shows the NAS with it's name (Artserv2) but I can't access it.
When I click on Artserv2 (my NAS box) I get the following message:
The alias "Artserv2" could not be opened, because the original item cannot be found.
I can't "Fix Alias" because I don't get to choose a network and I'm not allowed to delete the entry.
OK, I know lots of people have had similar problems to this, but I'm sorry to say that I haven't been able to make any progress fixing this problem. I really need to get this fixed. I like this Mac and I would be most appreciative of any help.
Thanks,
Paul

Hello Paul,
You need to provide a more detailed description of your computer/network setup including how your computers are connected, the connection link type (wired ethernet, wireless) if any routers/switches are present etc...
The "Fix Alias" issue is a VFAQ for Tiger and you should use "Command-K" or from the Finder Go-->Connect to Server instead...
Take a look in this thread to see how another user with a similar question managed to share a HD in her hybrid Mac/PC network:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=2114559
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