Why can' I see other Mac in Shared area of Finder

MBP with Snow Leopard
MP with Leopard
iMac with Leopard
The MBP shows the iMac and MP in the Shared area of the finder.
The MP show the iMac but not the MBP.
However, I can connect to the MBP by entering its IP address via Finder Connect to Server.
The MBP does show up in the MP's finder sometimes but I can't seem to figure out when or why. This is driving me nuts. Any ideas?
Thanks.
The MBP can see the MP in the Finder under S

waxwing wrote:
On the machine that has Sno, I can see the other machine in Shared.
Can you connect to it?
On the machine with Leopard, I can connect to the other machine but I can't see it in the finder.
My suggestions for getting shares to show up under shared in finder fit here.
Both machines have no problem seeing a third machine that sleeps a couple of times per day.
Can they connect to it?
Thanks for the ideas but it doesn't look like we have a solution yet.
You are very welcome. Post back if you think my inserts above are pertinent to your problem.

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