Airport Express as an Airport Card?????????

Ok guy, so I feel very silly asking but I'm stuck and I don't really wanna fork out on new hardware until I've tried all options! Quick run down : Just moved house (and country) and am now renting, so I don't really wanna go drilling holes and stuff. The problem is that the telephone in lets are in really silly places - especially where I don't want to put my iMac! The room which is perfect for the office doesn't have telephone connections!!! So here is my set up :
ADSL using Netgear DG834G router.
iMac G4 + OS X.4
Airport Express
Question : Can I use the airport express as an Airport Card for the G4? If so how???????? If not then I'll just have to make Netgear richer.....

Question : Can I use the airport express as an Airport Card for the G4? If so how???????? If not then I'll just have to make Netgear richer.....
Sorry, but no.

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