Problems sharing MacbookAir ethernet internet to Ipad

The overall process for sharing my MacbookAir ethernet internet to my IPad and my mobile phone is troublesome.Basically I have to literally activate/deactivate the "Internet sharing" box under System Preferences/Sharing several times before I can get an actual internet. Have to mention that my devices can connect to the network but there is no actual internet and the pages cannot load. After I repeat the process several times then i am able to get internet.
Any help would be welcom

I am still not succeeding.
I just upgraded to a new Macbook Pro with Mountain Lion. Testing at home, where there are no issues around hotel ISP limitations and I feel pretty safe originating an open wifi network for a few minutes.
Set up Internet Sharing from Ethernet to Wifi. Used the Create Network option for wifi in the menu bar to set up an open unprotected wifi network whose name is the name of my Mac. I can choose any wifi channel from 1 to 11; it makes no difference.
I can see that network from my wife's iPad, and can connect to it no problem. But as in all similar tests since Snow Leopard came out, Safari in the iPad can't open any web sites; it says it is not connected to the internet. I can also connect to the MBP wifi from my iPhone, but if I select it, the 3G symbol still shows at the top of the screen because the phone cannot find an internet connection over that wifi.
Clearly some other people are managing to do what I cannot. Quite possibly some piece of third party software on my Mac is interfering. Little Snitch, for example, though it is currently turned off.

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I've researched the heck out of the forums and still cant figure out what's happening with my system. I've got a MacBook Pro with OS 10.5.2. In previous OS versions (10.4) when I was successfully sharing my ethernet internet connection, the airport icon in the status bar showed a vertical "up" arrow, indicating that my connection was being shared.
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I just upgraded to a new Macbook Pro with Mountain Lion. Testing at home, where there are no issues around hotel ISP limitations and I feel pretty safe originating an open wifi network for a few minutes.
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