Vista internet sharing - should set Public or Private?

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Using an ADSL modem on a Vista PC, with Internet Connection Sharing to a LAN with another Vista PC. The LAN network is set to private and the internet connection to Public, but I cannot keep the system set that way without the LAN file sharing breaking off. Vista wants to set both networks to Private to allow file sharing. Is it safe to set the modem connection to private? Or is there a way to keep the LAN on private with Network Discovery and the modem on Public?
 
Private is safer but slower and you may see a lot of Vista popups if you do p2p.
 
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