Sharing bluetooth over Airport

I am in a situation where my only means of internet access is a bluetooth connection to my cell phone, which uses GPRS to access the internet. I would like to share this connection with other computers by means of a wireless network.
Desired network topology:
Internet <-> GPRS <-> cellphone <-> Bluetooth <-> computer <-> Airport <-> other computers
I know it is very easy to set up a wireless network that shares an Ethernet connection; I have done so. Is it possible to easily do this with a bluetooth connection? I have not seen an easy option to do this before, and and away from my Mac right now (at work).
Thanks.
Powerbook G4, 667MHz Mac OS X (10.4.6)

I don't have much to offer but have you tried the sharing preference pane?

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cdelahoy, Welcome to the discussion area!
On your PowerBook G4 do you have the firewall enabled? If so, try go to System Preferences-> Sharing preference pane and enabling Personal Web Sharing. That should open the ports needed to give Internet access to the MacBooks.
If that doesn't work, try disabling the firewall on the PowerBook G4.

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The same as if they were connected viaEthernet.
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Greg,
many thanks for the prompt reply, and this looks a good suggestion. To clarify; I have a wired router (Netgear, can't remember exact model) and 2 Airport Express (which I call AX-A and AX-B). I use AX-A as a wireless access point and it is wired into the Netgear router. AX-B is used to provide internet access to an older iMac in a remote part of the house (not that my house is very big or anything, and is not (I believe) relevant to my printer sharing issue.
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