Any advice for airport express on my powerbook g4 please...

i recently bought airport express for wireless broadband connection, wireless printing etc and at the time was advised that i needed an airport extreme card so bought the card too.
On my powerbook the card slot is under/beside the battery compartment and the card happened to fit into the slot fine as did the connector.
But....the card did not work! so with further research i found out that my powerbook actually needed the original airport express card, not the extreme! After a long search i found a the right card(so i thought) which arrived today....and now this one doesn't even fit in the slot!
Can anyone possibly tell me which card i need and if poss a part/ ID no. might be useful.
Also, my broadband modem has a usb connection, am i right in thinking that this wont work and i'm going to have to find a modem with an ethernet connection?
Any info would be v.much appreciated...
Elt...

But....the card did not work! so with further
research i found out that my powerbook actually
needed the original airport express card, not the
extreme! After a long search i found a the right
card(so i thought) which arrived today....and now
this one doesn't even fit in the slot!
Can anyone possibly tell me which card i need and if
poss a part/ ID no. might be useful.
Which specific PowerBook do you have?
CPU Speed, screen size etc...
PowerBook G4 Computers: How to Identify Different Models
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=88248
AirPort Card: Compatible Macintosh Computers
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106777
AirPort Extreme Card: Compatible Macintosh Computers
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107440
There is no such thing as an Airport Express card, it is either an Airport or an Airport Extreme card.
Also, my broadband modem has a usb connection, am i
right in thinking that this wont work and i'm going
to have to find a modem with an ethernet connection?
Yes in order to use the Airport Express you will need a modem with an ethernet connection.
Check out the following website.
Reviews of equipment
http://www.adslguide.org.uk/reviews/
I would also check out ADSL Nation's X-Modem.
http://www.adslnation.co.uk/products/xmodem-m3.php
which can also be used in conjunction with an AEBS or AX.
iFelix

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Lately I've been losing my wireless signal from my
powerbook G4 to my airport express. The light on my
airport express still shows as green, so I was
wondering if the trouble lied in wither the airport
express or my mac? I'm running on the 6.2 version
that mac had offered as an update for the express.
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turn it back on, as well as unplugging the airport
express and replugging it in as well. This is
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