Networking MacBook and PowerBook G4

Good morning,
I have been trying to network a new MacBook to my older PowerBook G4. Appletalk is on in both computers and the firewalls are off. When I create airport networks with both computers, my PowerBook continually shows an 'error when trying to connect to' the MacBook.
Any advice on where to go from here?
Also, when they network successfully, will I see the icon of the other computer under the Networks icon in the finder?
Thanks for your help.
BurntMonkey
Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

I have a question about the surface the "books" have been sitting on. What is that desktop surface in the pictures? I can't tell, but what I am thinking is maybe both computers have been overheating because they are sitting on an insulating surface, like a heavy cloth, so no airflow or heat radiation is being promoted. That's one thing I can think of that might be common to the two. I doubt any other environmental conditions would bring this on. Certainly not the Denon speakers. Maybe you are just unlucky enough to have gotten two defective Macs. The odds against it are high, but not impossible.

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