How do I know if my Power Mac G5 has wireless

I'm helping a friend with their used Power Mac G5 and I'm trying to figure out how to get this thing connected via wireless. I have standard PC wireless stuff, USB linksys wireless dongles and Linksys Wireless router.
I pluged in my USB wireless dongle and it didn't see it as far as I know so I may have to visit their website. I just read here that some G5 towers have built in wireless. How can I tell? I see a little screw hole in the back where a wireless antenna would screw in. Could I just screw in a wireless antenna or so that hole not neccessaryly mean I have it?
Thanks for any help.

Well - all G5s are prepared for wireless - but the card has to have been installed for it to work.
You can check in Finder - Blue Apple - About this Mac - More Info - Network - Airport Card. If it says 'No Information', you can visually check the card isn't installed in the position shown in Figure 4 here
http://www.info.apple.com/usen/cip/pdf/g5/apec_c.pdf
If the G5 is not a dual-core ("Late 2005"), you can get a card for it -
or have one fitted if it is a dual-core ("Late 2005") G5
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302721
The wireless antenna looks like this
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86413

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