Is there a fix for 'share internet' via ethernet?

As of a few months ago, there was a known bug in 'share internet' - it would not work with ethernet.  This is the case on my system (OS X 10.8.2).  Internet sharing works properly with wifi but not at all via ethernet. 
Has anything been done about this?  Or has Apple decided that it no longer supports ethernet connections?
Has anyone found a workaround.
thanks

I should have been a little clearer.  I have a mac that connects to the internet via a usb modem (from Verizon).  I want to connect two other machines to the internet via this connection, and one does not have a wifi board, so I need to connect to via ethernet.  "Internet sharing" has "ethernet" as an option but it does not appear to work. Checking it doesn't yield any error message but the machine that is connected via ethernet cannot access the internet.
As a test, I've tried this with a mac pro both ways.  It works with wifi, but not with ethernet.

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