Imac g4 airport

I have gust got an iMac g4 with the air port card but it dose not work with my bt fibre optic. it said it has WIFI on it but when I try and google something it comes up with a server error.
Can someone pleas help me I will be very happy if anyone helps me.
Thanks,
             Owen Hale

The best way around this kind of issue is to use a wireless bridge to the ethernet in your computer. (assuming you cannot run actual ethernet or EOP adapters). An airport express will do this fine.. plug it into the computer by ethernet and use it to connect to the wireless as a bridge. A cheap second hand N wireless express would be fine but of course there are cheaper brands that will do the job just as well.

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