Looking to set up wireless at home

Hi,
I am currently looking to set up wireless at home, and considering my lack of computer knowledge and the fact that our house is comprised of both Macs and PCs I am having great difficulty finding a feasible option!
It seems to me that Airport Extreme may work. We have a PC desktop (a Dell Dimension 3000), a PC laptop and an iBook G4. I understand that I would need the base station and the extreme card for the iBook. But I am quite unsure how both the PCs would use the wireless. What cards would they use or don't they need them at all?
This is probably an extremely basic question but I have been struggling to find a solution considering the iBook does not have a PCMCIA slot (which would have been ideal).
Many Thanks.
iBook G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

If the Desktop PC is in the same location as the Airport Extreme base station (AEBS) then it could be connected to it via the LAN port of the AEBS and would not need a wireless card. If it is to be in a different location then I would recommend an internal PCI wifi certified 802.11g card or an ethernet wireless bridge such as the Linksys WET54G.
If it is a recent PC laptop then it probably already comes with wireless capability, otherwise you will need a wifi certified 802.11g PCMCIA (PCCard).
The iBook will need the Airport Extreme card.
What sort of internet connection do you have as this may allow you to choose a different wireless router instead of an AEBS.

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