Firewire 800 & Airport Extreme?

Hello,
I have a Power Mac G4 (Quicksilver 2002) and I am upgrading some of my internal components. I was curious as the the fact, is it possible to put a third party Firewire 800 card in my machine and run a Airport Extreme card through it? I already have a original Airport card in it, but I am looking for something with wireless g/n capabilities. I know there are third party wireless cards I can buy that will do the same thing but I would just like to know if it is possible to do it this way. Any ideas or suggestions would help!
Thanks!
Message was edited by: jtmatchett
Message was edited by: jtmatchett

The AirPort Extreme card is compatible with a FireWire 800 G4. The combined Bluetooth and AirPort card reference is for the last Power Mac G5 revision.
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