Airport to DSL?

I'm helping my son with his iMac (blue) slot loading G3 machine that is running 9.2
Verizon sold him a package for DSL that requires OS X to work. He his remote from home where he had been using MacWireless to Airport to cable for connectivity.
Doesntt have a lot of $. What is a simple approach to get him connected besides riding piggy back on some unsuspecting wireless user in the building that hasn't passworded thier device? Going to OS X? (I assume this will be a prob with some apps). Is it possible to go through an airport to DSL?
Jon

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
Just connect the airport base station to the DSL modem. The airport base station can login via PPPoE and provide a DHCP address for the Mac OS 9 machine to connect to.

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