New Set up of Airport Extreme with New Macbook and 'Old' Mac Mini

I have wirelessly connected my new Mac Book to Airport Extreme, and have tested the connection by using a shared printer. I have connected my old Mac Mini (OSX 10.3.9) via Wired LAN.The MacMini does not recognise a connection to the Airport Extreme. I would like to share files between the MacBook and the Mini, but they do not 'See' each other. What have I not done correctly?
Mac Mini Mac OS X (10.3.9)

I have checked the IP addresses:
Mac Book nn.n.n.200
Mini nn.n.n.199
Airport nn.n.n.1
Al appear to be valid
A restart did not change anything.
I have been able to Ping each IP address succesfully from each machine, so the only aspect I can't understand is why each machine is not showing when I view the Network in Finder
Mac Mini Mac OS X (10.3.9)

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