Networking Playstation 3 and iMac

Hello there. I am a fairly new mac user, 24" iMac being the first one I have owned. I am a little confused on some of the settings to get my network running.
Basically I am using the iMac as my main computer. It connects to the internet wirelessly through my netgear wireless cable modem. No problems there.
My PS3 also connects wirelessly to the same modem and works fine connecting to the net and playing games online.
The problem is, I can't get the two to see each other. I would like to stream files off of my imac to the PS3, but when I "search for media servers" on the PS3, it says none were found.
I can't really give much info as I am a noob when it comes to networks so I wouldn't know what settings I have that would be relevant to post.
Thanks for your help!

Out of box, you are NOT going to get them to talk to each other.
Sony is in the Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) camp, and Apple on it's own with Bonjour and iTunes. You need to find a DLNA compliant product that runs on OS X to stream media contents from iMac to PS3.
Here is the home page for DLNA: www.dlna.org
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