No Internet, File Sharing via Airport cards

My alum iMac is connected to the Internet via cable modem, Airport is on. My Macbook in the other room says it's connected to the network created in my iMac (no routers involved). I suddenly can't "Connect as" to my iMac from my new black Macbook, nor can I get an Internet connection from the laptop. Airport on the Macbook has a self-assigned IP address.
Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, sometimes turning airport off and on a dozen times helps, today it doesn't. I've renewed DCHP leases multiple times, etc. Nothing is helping.
EDIT: I got it working only by turning the firewall completely OFF. This is absurd. File sharing was marked as an acceptable service; I don't know how to do the same with Internet sharing. But no firewall is not a secure environment.
Message was edited by: Marakel

It crapped out. I tried to re-establish, but suddenly it didn't remember the password (yes, it's in the system keychain). No matter what I did, I couldn't even connect to the network.
I went back to the iMac and created a new network, and now it's working for a few minutes.
I just recommended to several family members not to buy Apple computers.

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Kmineks, Welcome to the discussion area!
Yes they can.
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