Internet sharing--sometimes the 2nd computer is connected, sometimes not.

Our set-up: the G4 is connected to DSL via ethernet. We've got the old G3 (for the kids) connected to the G4 by firewire.
Following the instructions in David Pogue's book Mac OS X The Missing Manual, we turned Internet Sharing "on" for the G4, the gateway computer, and set the network settings on the G3 to get internet connection via firewire.
We were triumphant! The G3 had internet connection. Yay!
Lo and behold, it didn't last. The next day, the G3 was not online. We double-checked the settings, and they were okay.
Internet Sharing was still "on", on the G4, and the G4 had internet connection.
The G3 indicated it had internet by a green light next to fireware in the Network panel, however Safari could not load anything and Mail couldn't get any mail.
Argh!
I ran Tech Tools on the G3, restarted it, checked the settings once again, and YAY!, the G3 had internet. Then...same thing...it didn't last. Safari won't load, Mail can't connect....
This has happened more than once. Sometimes the G3 is connected, and then it isn't.
Ideas, please. Why isn't the G3 staying online?
M.

If the host machine is allowed to sleep, the connection it shares will be lost.
Perhaps you need to attempt some other means of sharing internet; maybe
a router or other device to share the source between one or more computers.
Mine can use my AEBS (white orb version) to share the internet; they can
also use Ethernet, from the DSL modem.
So seldom do I think about this anymore, I am at a loss for details. Short
of looking online to see for sure what they call the hardware, exactly.
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