Sharing Internet wirelessly to an airport

I have a bit of an odd setup due to restrictions at work. I have a windows XP device that connects via a hard wired network connection. It also has a wireless adapter. I have an airport express. I'd like to share my wired internet connection to the airport express and then access that from another device (iPad). I haven't been able to figure out how to do that.
Anyone know how I can do this?

One solution would be to disconnect the PC from the Ethernet connection, and instead, connect that to the AirPort Express Base Station (AX).
Then, since both the PC and the iPad are wireless-capable, just have them connect to the wireless network provided by the AX.

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