Sharing internet between imac & itouch

I'm somewhat new to apple and wifi networking. I'm curious to know if I can plug a usb wireless broadband devise into the AX (or similar devise) to share the connection with my itouch? If so, will I need to reconfigure the AX every time I need to print wirelessly or something? If I'm misunderstanding the concept, please set me straight. Thanks for any enlightenment you all can shed.

If I plug the usb broadband into the AX, my macbook and itouch can both use the connection to the internet?
Sorry, but no. The USB port on the AX will only support USB printers.
Or would I be able to use the usb broadband plugged into my macbook as usual and it be able to share the internet connection through the naked AX to the itouch?
Sorry, but again no this won't work. OS X's Internet Sharing might be an option, but I'm not sure you can share an Internet connection from a USB port. If you could, you would share it between the USB port and the internal AirPort Extreme card in your MacBook. The iTouch would then connect to the wireless network created by the AirPort card.

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