Sharing Photos at home

I've turned on "Share My Photos" on my iMac with the iPhoto Library.
I've turned on "Look for Shared Photos" on my MacBook Pro.
Both are running iLife 09 and Mac OS X 10.5.8.
My library is not showing up in the source pane on the left side of the iPhoto window on my MacBook Pro.
Could it be because my iPhoto Library is kept on an external hard drive of my iMac?
or
Is my wireless Airport network (the type I use for the internet, with a wireless router) not the correct type of network that the two macs need to share the iPhoto library.
I'm not want to edit on the MacBook Pro, just view the photos.
And as a postscript:
Is there a way to have automatic login to the Apple discussions? I'm always needing to log in when I want to ask questions. Just curious.
Thank you!

Could it be because my iPhoto Library is kept on an external hard drive of my iMac?
What format is that external drive? iPhoto needs to have the Library sitting on disk formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled). Users with the Library sitting on disks otherwise formatted regularly report issues including, but not limited to, importing, saving edits and sharing the photos.
s my wireless Airport network (the type I use for the internet, with a wireless router) not the correct type of network that the two macs need to share the iPhoto library.
Very unlikely
Is there a way to have automatic login to the Apple discussions? I'm always needing to log in when I want to ask questions. Just curious.
No.
Regards
TD

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