Internet Sharing Help

Here is my dilemma.
I have HughesNet which has a very slow connection and limited data. (Ethernet)
I also have my tethered iPhone which has a surprisingly fast connection and very limited data. (USB)
What I want to do is use my HughesNet connection on my Mac Mini as its primary internet connection. I then want to share my iPhone's connection using the Internet Sharing through the Mac Mini's Airport.
Currently I have the Ethernet as my primary internet connection and the iPhone as my secondary connection. In Internet Sharing, I have the "Share your connection from:" field set to USB, "To computers using:" Airport checked.
When I connect to the specified shared wireless connection on my MBP, I get a good connection to the Mac Mini but have no connection to the internet.
Anyone have any suggestions? Sorry if I explained this poorly, let me know if you have any questions.

Do I need to manually configure the ethernet adapter through the settings, or if it is done automatically, how?
It should be set to DHCP, iirc, on the PB, and will automatically hand out the right IP range to the PS3 when Internet Sharing is on.
Not quite sure how it works on the PS3, but it needs to either "Join" the PB's Network, and/or have it's Gateway/Router set to the PB's IP.
Also, what would the DNS servers be when configuring the PS3?
Not 100% certain, but i believe it will use whatever DNS settings the PB uses... if you need to put in something you could try OpenDNS'...
208.67.222.222
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