Problems networking a G4 + G3, 0S9 + OS 8.6

I've decided to give away my old faithful beige G3 tower to a friend who still uses such machines. To pull off all the relevant data, I'm trying to network this old computer with my Dual Boot g4 running 0S9.2. I have both machines hooked up via ethernet to an Asante FR1000 router and they both connect broadband to the internet fine. Yet, neither computer appears in either machine's network browser. AppleTalk on both machines registers as <no zones available>. File sharing is on. I used to network all the time between these machines using this same Asante router, although stopped when I put Tiger on a year ago (since Tiger doesn't support networking with OS9). What am I missing/forgetting?
G4 mirror door tower Mac OS X (10.4.2) dual boot, 1.25 gHz dual processor
G4 mirror door tower Mac OS X (10.4.2)

Thanks, this is the very thing I forgot! I posted this question at another location on the discussion boards (Power Macintosh G3 (Platinum-Beige)), and received a reply that included very helpful screen shots that walked me down memory lane: http://homepage.mac.com/car1son/os9xnet_nfilesharing.html. I think I stand by OS8.6 being the most solid system I've ever used, but it's time to let it go.
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