Can I share my iMac's internet connection with my Touch?

I have a DSL modem and do not have a wifi network setup. Using Lion, can I still share my iMac's internet connection with my Touch?
If so can you give me step by steps? Will this be something that I can turn off and on without interfering with my regular ethernet internet connection?
Thanks. Asking this for a friend who is scared that she will somehow mess up her existing internet connection if she tries to set this up. She
called AppleCare to get them to walk her through this and they denied any knowledge of the ability to do this. Huh?

OK. Remember this is just a form of texting, so it's not easy to discern whether a question is explicit or rhetorical. Sometimes you have to give the reader a clue.

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