Help, I need my older PowerMac configured to work with my Airport Extreme

So, I have a powerbook laptop that works perfectly with the Airport Extreme that I just bought. However, I also have an older desktop that technical support told me was decided obsolete(even though it runs on tiger,10.4.9!) and they refused to give assistance to configure it to the airport.
My modem only has one ethernet port. Theoretically, you can use the extra port on the airport extreme to connect, via ethernet cable to the desktop(because it has no airport card.)
Does anyone know how to configure my PowerMac G4(model 3,5 serial number xb1381c2ksd) so that when it has it's ethernet cable routing through the airport extreme to the modem, the internet will connect?
Thank you

Steph_D., Welcome to the discussion area!
Configure the PowerMac G4 to use Ethernet and DHCP to get an IP address. That is all you need.

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