Airport Extreme Base Station as router

I have a Mac Pro 1,1 Dual Core 2.66 GHz running OS X 10.5.8  but without an Airport Express card (not standard when I bought it in 2007).
Can I use an Airport Express or Extreme Base Station to connect without having to risk damaging the machine when installing an Airport Express card myself?
It sounds unlikely?

Hi Tesserax, I have a related question: I've just installed the new AX as the my main WiFi access point. I would like to use my old Airport Extreme Basestation (single band b/g/n) to connect my ethernet-only TV, PS3 and USB harddrive to the WiFi network. I expected to be able to use Airport Utilty to configure it to 'join' the network and provide access through the ethernet ports. I've used the AX in a similar setup in the past although it only has one ethernet port.
However, on the Airport Extreme Basestation I'm somehow only able to 'Create a network' or 'Extend a network'. I do not need to extend the WiFi network and concerned about the noticable bandwidth penalty.
Do you know if my desired setup is possible and how I can enable the 'join' mode?
Thanks in advance!

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    encryption
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