Airport - sharing btwn imac & macbook

i hope someone can help me with this.
i have internet on my imac (tiger), and i have set it up to share thru airport to my macbook (leopard). this is fine, i know how to set it up, it works no problemo.
but, occasionally, my imac will "turn off" sharing and i have to go in and set it up again, which is not a big deal, as it keeps the password, etc. all in there, but with the imac being on a different floor, it is a bit of a pain. i make sure that the "lock" is "locked", so i do not understand how it can make changes when i have "locked" it.
am i doing something wrong? is there another step that i am maybe missing?
i have set it up so that it is not the large password, but the smaller one (sry, i am not at home to see what the options are). could that be the problem?
any help would be appreciated

am i doing something wrong? is there a reason why nobody has responded to this thread?

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