Sharing between macs

Hi
Have just updated 4 macs to 10.5.4 and when I try and connect to one of the macs via the sharing i the left hand column of a finder window it just sits there saying its connecting but then does nothing, and clicking on 'connect as' does nothing either. (all the macs were able to share with each other and a PC before the update)
I can connect to all the other macs this way no problem, I have checked the settings on all the macs and they all match, weirdly the person with the mac can view all of the others no problem! is this perhaps a firewall issue?? the only difference I can think of between the 4 macs is that on the mac with the problem I changed the account name and shortname - have checked keychain for any probs but nothing doing - any kind person got any thoughts?? cheers in advance

I have worked hard on this problem with no resolution. My old Mac has system 9.1. The new one is 10.4. I opened File Sharing on the old Mac and turned it on. I learned how to select items for sharing which worked. They showed up in the Activity Monitor. However, nothing under Connected Users. This was with an ethernet connection. I used the exact spelling of the new computer as a choice in the old file sharing User Groups list.
Then I found Migration Assistant in my new Hard Drive and went about trying to transfer files using a fire wire connection. Followed all the instructions and even got the Firewire icon appearing on the old computer. The screen on the new computer says, Waiting for files to appear. But .... nothing. I did turn off the firewire protection on both computers and allowed for file sharing.
What's wrong. Help documents say that you can't migrate unless you have system X or higher. OK, but why won't the ethernet connection work?
By this point, I could have copied bunches of files onto a memory stick and done it that way given the amount of time I have spent on this.
Any ideas? Thanks.

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