OSX WinXP adhoc internet sharing?

I'd been fiddling with my airport express on and off for a year and failed to get it to work with my G5 Imac and it's broadband internet connection. The main aim had been to network the Imac with my old windows pc so that file transfers would be easier. The airport express went into the cupboard and I stuck with an external HD for transfers.
Recently I bought a second hand laptop, a Sony Vaio, which has wireless capability. I was browsing its manual when I noticed the part about adhoc networks without the need for a router. After some experimenting I have finally been able to get my G5 Imac, my vaio and my old windows pc to talk to each other. Yippee!
The next thing I was hoping for was to use my Vaio to browse the internet. The internet connection goes into the Imac via the ethernet port. If I enable internet sharing on the Imac, I can no longer get the computers to connect via the adhoc network. Any ideas please?

Thank you for lesson in arithmetic. The AE was sold to pay for the Dlink. Nevertheless, it was still a rather costly way to learn that not everything Apple/mac is easy to use/set up and that paying extra doesn't give you any more.
The AE could not be used to share the connection; it connected computers adhoc with difficulty. I asked Apple for help, took the AE back to the service centre and posted questions here.

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