Belkin Wireless Card+Powerbook G4

Firstly, I apologise for the question, but despite my best efforts I havent been able to find a quick answer.
I'm currently travelling in italy and have just picked up a Belkin F5D7011 Wireless card so I can get on the net in the hotel I am staying at (yeah, should have sorted this before i left, I know, I'm a fool!).
There are no drivers, and while belkins online help say its not compatible I have seen posts saying that if its based on the broadcom (if thats right) chipset, then it should work. I've plugged it into the machine, and tried the airport helper, but nothing appeared to happen.
I am currently posting from an internet cafe, hence the desperation and foolish question. I will go back to my hotel to try it again, but is there something I should be doing, or more accuratly, is there something I'm doing wrong, ie, a certain procedure?
If anyone has any links to other discussions or help articles, I'd really really love you for it.

Hi, sf. The 7011, which does use the same Broadcom chipset as Apple's Airport hardware, is reported to work fine on Macs running Airport 3.4.1 software. If your Tiger installation includes a newer Airport software version than that, perhaps that's where the problem lies.
Does Apple System Profiler detect the card?

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