G4 / airport express connection question from a newbie

hi all,
i have:
1. a power mac g4 (without an airport card) and
2. an airport express unit running off our broadband cable modem that feeds wireless to our PC laptop elsewhere in the house.
i'd like to know if i can connect my g4 to the airport express unit to allow it to receive the broadband signal from the modem. the airport express has a ethernet port (used by the cable modem) and a USB port.
could it be as simple as connecting the USB port on the AE to a USB port on my mac?
thanks for taking the time to read this. please let me know if you need any more info on my setup.
cheers,
katy

Hi,
Welcome to the Apple Discussion Forums!
The USB port on the Airport Express is for sharing a printer within a wireless network.
I would assume your PC laptop has a wireless card in it. That is how the PC "sees" the wireless network. You'll need to get an Airport card for the G4 in order for it to join the wireless network.
Another way to go is to get a hub and run ethernet cable from the DSL/Cable modem to the hub. A second ethernet cable from the Airport Express unit to the hub would set-up your wireless network. A third ethernet cable to the G4 would then get the G4 connected. Hence the G4 would not be wireless.
You should be able to pick up an old Airport card on eBay fairly cheaply.
Ed
PB G4 Mac OS X (10.2.x) PM G4 Dual 1.25, PM G4 Dual 867, OSX 10.2.8, OSX Server 10.2.8

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