Networking Powerbook to G5 with Firewire

I recently (yesterday) bought a duel G5 and transferred the apps and docs, etc from my Powerbook to the G5 as per the instructions. No problem. Some minutes later, I got a networking error that said that my servers had to be renamed because of a naming coinflict. Seemed simple enough, but since clicking OK, neither my G5 or Powerbook and see each pother when plugger together with via Firewire. I can network my other boxes, just not these two. What did I do wrong? I've since restarted both machines to no avail.

I apologize for the topos... I do proofread, but can't see the mistakes until after I post. :P
Chris
Powerbook17 Mac OS X (10.4.3)

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