Connecting suse11.1 to xp laptop via lan

Trying to connect my opensuse 11.1 / kernel 2.6.27 desktop to XP laptop

i use AMD chip x3 64bit, gigabyte motherboard. samba is installed
i tried to smbclient -L computername -U username it did not go thru as bad network
Connection to xxxxxxxxxx failed (Error NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME)

i looked up the netbios name on windows computer commandpromt using nbtstat -n and put the name in xxxxxxxxxxxx above

i have created a shared folder on the xp laptop

does someone have a very detailed step by step guide on what to do on either the xp laptop and/or suse desktop
i am a complete novice at programming

This might be useful background:
Samba and Suse: HowTo Set up an openSUSE-Windows Home Office LAN/Network. Versions 10, 11