Mac Mini with Air Port & Mac Mini w/no Air Port - how do I network them?

I want to put in a wireless network so that my two Mac Minis can both access the internet. One Mac Mini (2007) has an airport built in - the other does not. I purchased an Air POrt station but doesn't seem to work with the Mini that has no Airport built in. Should I use a Router?

Can I connect my Mini with no Air Port to the new Airport Station and then connect the Airport station to my DSL Modem? That would the leave my other Mini with Airport free to connect wirelessly through the Air Port Station - correct?
Yes, that is correct. There are a number of different Airport base stations you could have, but unless it is an Airport Express (slightly larger than a cigarette packet in size) it will have a WAN port (which connects to the DSL modem) and at least one LAN port (to which you can connect a computer with a suitable ethernet 'patch' cable). The latest Airport Extreme base station has three LAN ports, you can use any of them.
If you have the Airport Express base station, it only has ONE ethernet connection, so it can't be used to connect upstream to the modem and downstream to the computer at the same time. However, you could then try your Buffalo wifi base station instead - it may not state that it is Mac compatible, but as long as it meets the standards laid down for wifi, it should work just fine.
I thought my Older Mini had to have the Air Port card installed in order to connect at all to the Station.
No, it only need an airport card inside for wifi connection. The ethernet port on the back works with or without airport installed.
I thought I tried this and it didn't work but perhaps I did it wrong.
Without familiarity with these devices and systems, it's very easy to 'get it wrong'... and very hard to figure out what the problem is! Reading the manual for the base station will help you, as will looking at the sort of article Neil linked to earlier.
If you connect everything up and it doesn't work, post back with details of how you have connected things, how you have configured them, and what is happening - the more detail the better since small things can make a big difference in whether networks work or not!!

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