Internet Connection Not via Airport Express

I have a iMac connected to the internet via a DSL modem upstairs and an airport express downstairs connected to the stereo with the ethernet port turned off. It works fine for itunes. The airport express is configured as a base station and is using the 10.0.1. subnet. When I use an ibook to connect to the wireless network, I can see the iMac and transfer files, mount locations etc. fine, but I cannot get to the internet from the ibook. How do I configure the base station so that the ibook can get to the internet via the iMac, which uses a different IP assigned by the ISP.?

I have a iMac connected to the internet via a DSL
modem upstairs
I assume an ethernet cable from modem to iMac, right?
and an airport express downstairs
connected wirelessly to the iMac on the different network created by the Express, right?
How do I configure the
base station so that the ibook can get to the
internet via the iMac, which uses a different IP
assigned by the ISP.?
The Internet IP can be shared from iMac's ethernet to it's Airport via System Preferences/Sharing/Internet. Then the Express would need to connect to the iMac as a client which would continue to work for AirTunes but since the iMac sharing can't be a WDS Main Station the iBook wouldn't work.
The best strategy is to connect the DSL modem to the Express and then connect both the iMac and iBook wirelessly. That probably re-arranges where your stereo gets AirTunes so buy another Express or better yet an Extreme Base Station!

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