cant see server

I Have always Ran CS 1.6 and a dedicated server (steam)on my Win98 box so i could play on my LAN. I had admin mod, amx,and ivpbot installed.

I recently switched to WinXP and set up all the above and all ran well. I mean it isn`t rocket science to install . I start the server type "meta list" all is well...bots join....and i start my CS 1.6 client and i cant see the server running on my LAN....(there are no servers running on your LAN)

I have a cable connection through a 4 port linksys router all the correct ports forwarded and i have no software firewall installed. WinXP`s is disabled.
Is there something obvious i`m doing wrong?

I have always used just one computer. to host the server and connect as well.

Thanks in advance