Airport + Netgear + satellite internet problems

I have just bought a netgear router and satellite internet service. I took my G5 Quad to the Apple store and had an Airport card installed.
The router is connected to the satellite modem. The card is in in the computer. I followed the instructions that came with the router, but they seem heavily weighted toward PC. For Mac, they say I must do a "manual install." The instructions also seem to assume that my computer is connected by wire to the router, but the whole point of the router is to connect wirelessly to the satellite's modem, which is in a different room from the computer.
The mac Airport Set-up Assistant quickly reaches a dead end when it finds out I am not using AirBase. The Network section of System Preferences wants to know what network I'm joining. I have only one computer at present and am not therefore setting up a network, unless computer + router = network.
I have spent the past two days searching Apple Discussions, the NetGear website, and the Hughesnet website and am now completely turned around and lost. I feel like I'm either missing a crucial piece of the puzzle or that this process requires a much higher level of expertise than I would have expected for such a common task.
If anyone can offer any suggestions on what to do next, I would be very grateful.
G5 Quad 2.5GHz Mac OS X (10.4.2) dial-up internet connection

You will need to connect the Netgear router to ur G5 using a cable for the initial setup.
First, set your G5 ethernet to use DHCP for IP address.
2rd, Power up the netgear router. (doesnt matter if you disconnect the WAN at this point)
3nd, Connect your G5 to one of the netgear LAN port.
4th, At this point, the IP address for your G5 ethenet should be something like 192.168.1.X.
5th, Open Safari and go to http://192.168.1.1
6th, Enter user name and password. (user name should be admin and password should be "password") *I think
7th, Once you are in the router configuration page, you should be able to change all the setting on the router to work with your interenet and wirless setup
8th, Copy down the wireless setting on a piece of paper (SSID and WPA key)
9th Once you've done setting up the router, save the setting and power down the router
10th Connect the router to your satellite modem
11th Add a new network under Airport using the inforation you've copy on step 8.
12th Enjoy the wireless internet.
Hope this help.

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I'm getting a problem which may be related, and i've figured out some workarounds (sort of inadequate ones but at least they're something).
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