Why can't I share my Internet between my computers?

Where I live there's a free Wi-Fi hot spot downstairs, so I pick up my Internet from there using Airport Extreme on my PowerBook G4, (10.4.8). My other two computers are: an iMac G3 (10.4.8), and a PowerMac G4 (10.4.8); (neither have airport).
Using Ethernet Cables, I'm trying to network all 3, as well as share the Internet. I've turned on file sharing, Internet sharing, I'm using an Ethernet switch, I'm using patch cables (not crossover cables).
I keep getting the same result, the Network Status page of System Preferences says the following for each:
PB G4 - "Airport is connected to the Airport network xxxx, and you are connected to the Internet via Airport."
PM G4 and iMac G3 - "Built-in Ethernet is currently active and has the IP address 192.168.x.x. You are connected to the Internet via Built in Ethernet."
but when I try to use Safari, it says: "Safari can't open page "http://www.xxxx.com/" because your computer isn't connected to the Internet."
Any ideas?
PowerBook G4   Mac OS X (10.4.3)   1.5 Ghz 512MB
PowerBook G4   Mac OS X (10.4.3)   1.5 Ghz 512MB

SNM - Kappy and Karl are right - generally this won't work (or work well)
You are attempting to set up a complete network. To eliminate the DNS error looking up a web page by name, you will need to set up DNS on your macs by hand (and hope that the access you are using has made this easy for you) This is one of the components of a normal network that is handled automagically when you have a simple network (one router and lots of clients)
By sharing the internet - you are only sharing packets, not high level services. You might be able to look at the network preference pane on your "main mac" and copy the DNS server IP addresses and use them on the "remote macs" - but there are a lot of network configurations where that will not work.
You might also get away with buying an Airport base station and using that to connect to the network below - it is meant to be a router and (again depending on the settings of the network provider - the wireless link below) you might be happier with that setup to bridge the wireless network to the ethernet switch and have your PBG4 still connect wirelessly.
It's hard to tell without control of the main network device...

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