Airport Express that will not connect to broadband

We recently moved to China. I have tried everything I know and received some help from Apple telephone service and a local source but the Express will not work correctly with the incoming signal. I can hook my Powerbook G4 up to the incoming signal via ppoe with a password and I got the Express to work through a PC in the room acting as a server and using a hub, sort of. With the server I could get on Yahoo but nothing else will/would load. I tried the DNS server number but this did not help with the Express loading pages while using the PC server and hub. I had tried hard reset onthe Express a few times to no avail, though this was needed for it to work at all. I get a good signal from the Express and I get the green lock light but I do not get a true connection to the web.
Any help would be greatly appreciated as we have two macs and really need the wireless feed for the work we are doing at Jishou University.
John

Lorraine
I'll answer your question here - but if you want to continue this discussion please start a brand new discussion topic of your own. Your problem has very little in common with that of John Amato - just because the symptoms are "it doesn't work!" doesn't mean the problem is the same.
Yes, a Linksys wireless router will work perfectly with Macs equipped with an Airport card.
Since you installed an Airport card into your eMac - does your eMac now have an Airport menu item (the fan shaped icon near the right side of the MacOS menu bar)? If so, click on the Airport menu - and a list of in-range wireless networks will appear. Click on the name of your Linksys router's wireless network to connect to it. If your Linksys router is protected with a wireless security protocol and password, your Mac will now prompt you to enter the password - and to help you any further beyond this point I will need to have you tell us what protocol (WEP or WPA) you are using.
If your eMac:
- doesn't have an Airport card menu, then tell us exactly what model of eMac you are using
- doesn't show your Linksys router's name when you click on the Airport menu, recheck the Airport card installation inside your eMac and make sure you plugged the antenna cable connector into its socket on the Airport card AND you fully inserted that connector (which takes a fair bit of force).

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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=108044
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