Sharing - other computers appear as Kind = Mac Server

I have three Macs. All are on 10.5.1. One is a G4, one an Intel macBook and the last an Intel iMac. If I enable file sharing on the G4 and the MacBook then they appear as Kind = Sharepoint to each other. On the G4, it says that the iMac is Kind = Sharepoint.
If I go to the iMac, it says that both the G4 and the MacBook are Kind = Mac Server and won't connect
Not really sure where to start looking on this problem.

Petrock
Thanks for the quick reply. I was looking at the Shared window when I was referring to the Kind.
I started following up your suggestions but soon realised that things weren't even working as they were the previous night. So am embarassed to say that I rebooted my router and all is now OK.

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