Help! Bit of a first time here

Hi, My dear dear parents decided to buy me a brand new imac G5 for christmas and I like it very much.
However, I would like it even more if I could get t'internet on it.
Currently, my house has a PC with broadband provided by Wanadoo. It has an ADSL USB modem seperate from the computer.
Basically, I want to share this internet connection with my mac independently (so i can use it when the PC is switched off) and Im not really bothered about connecting them as a network.
The two computers are too far apart to connect them with a cable so I guess wireless is the only option. Iv been looking at something like this:
http://www.dsl-warehouse.co.uk/product.asp?pr=ST580
But Im just unsure about whether it would work with the mac or not. I dont really want to spend a lot of money on Airport or whatever. Something in the above price range would be great.
Just need some advice.
Thanks
Jon

Sorry, Wrong board
Ill repost in the imac one

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