Did you Enable Internet Connection Sharing on the DSL Connection in Network Connections?
Have you set the DSL connection to auto-dial if a request is received for a web-page?
Here is the winodws help file take on enabling ICS on a home network
To enable Internet Connection Sharing on a network connection
Open Network Connections.
Click the dial-up, local area network, PPPoE, or VPN connection you want to share, and then, under Network Tasks, click Change settings of this connection.
On the Advanced tab, select the Allow other network users to connect through this computer's Internet connection check box.
If you want this connection to dial automatically when another computer on your home or small office network attempts to access external resources, select the Establish a dial-up connection whenever a computer on my network attempts to access the Internet check box.
If you want other network users to enable or disable the shared Internet connection, select the Allow other network users to control or disable the shared Internet connection check box.
Under Internet Connection Sharing, in Home networking connection, select any adapter that connects the computer sharing its Internet connection to the other computers on your network.
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by: sramesh2kPosted on 2004-03-10 at 15:44:30ID: 10566412
This might help!
Dial-up connection window pop-ups automatically while working
http://www.mvps.org/srames