Personal file sharing trouble

I have had a hard-wired vpn-enabled lynksys router connected to a DSL (PPPoE) modem network for years. Personal file sharing was easy. Just converted to wireless with an airport extreme over the weekend. I have an iMac, macBook pro, and a dell dimension that all used to talk to each other very nicely. However, with airport, no dice. I can connect to the internet over the wireless connection but cannot get personal file sharing to work to save my life. What am I missing?
Thanks,
Michael Bodily

Several restarts later and it is still doing it. I can connect to others, but this one machine doesn't want to go. Anybody?

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