adsl connection crashes after ics set up

Hi,
I have:
1 Desktop machine running Windows XP SP1, which has internal ADSL
modem, internal Ethernet, USB Bluetooth and USB 80211g Wireless
adaptor. ZoneAlarm firewall.
1 Laptop with internal wireless adaptor.

I'd like to share the ADSL interet connection from the desktop to the
laptop.

I can setup an adhoc network between the two machines that appears
fine. I ran the network wizeard on the server specifying I wanted to
share the internet connection. It did the following: created a bridge
and put the ethernet, bluetooth and wireless adaptors into the bridge,
configured the adsl connection as shared.

Now, when I connect the laptop via the adhoc wireless network, it
obtains an IP address and gateway, dns settings etc as expected. The
internet connection is now available from the laptop, for about 10
minutes. Then I lose internet connectivity on the host (DNS fails
etc.) and the ADSL connection process appears to becomes unresponsive -
I can disconnect the ADSL connection, I can't kill the process. Plus,
whilst its running I appear unable to switch users. Previously the
internet connection has been fine for many months and I've not
experienced this issue before (before setting up the adhoc wireless lan
and doing ICS).

Any help as to why the ADSL connection (or is it the bridge) is
effectively crashing? Is there something I need to update/reinstall?
Is it worth deleting the bridge and rerunning the wizard? Is this a
known issue?

Many thanks,

Simon

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