Networking my MacBook with iMac

Apologies if this has been posted elsewhere, but i couldn't find a thread, and despite the cost of apple support - they are only open BH...which seems ridiculous.
Anyway...I have a G5 iMac which i have just installed an Airport Extreme Card in.
I am waiting on my Airport Express device, however the Apple Support people told me i could still network my iMac and new MacBook in the meantime, meaning that i could share files from the iMac and use the iMac's ADSL interent network (although both couldn't be connected at same time).
I assume i have to go into the network settings and put in an IP address or something, but can't quite work it out...any suggestions?
Thanks in advance (because I am not too good at all this stuff!!)
Shari

Have you tried this. http://www.mac.com/1/learningcenter/Modules/LHTNet_t2.html

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96f293a2740c0a87f9c06e6/Product/View/XH6312
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