What do I buy to make my PowerMac wireless?

I have a PowerMac G5 Tower that I would like to make wireless, but unsure on what to buy. I tried the Airport Express, and went back and forth with Apple Support, but we couldn't get it to work. I don't know what year my computer is, as it was purchased from a friend. I can tell you its running Mac OSX version 10.5.6, its a dual 2.5ghz PowerPC G5, and has 4.5gbs DDR SDRAM

Look in System Profiler to see what the model identifier is (it'll be something like PowerMac7,3). Since you say that it has DDR SDRAM and not DDR2 SDRAM, it sounds like you would have the June 2004 model. While you're in System Profiler, click on the Airport Card section - it should say that there's no hardware found.
If you indeed have the June 2004 model, then you simply need to acquire Apple's Airport Extreme card (and antenna if you don't already have it). The card can be obtained <a href-"http://www.mac-pro.com/Apple-AirPort-Extreme-Card?sc=2&category=409>here and the antenna is here.
Only the Late 2005 G5s used the Airport/Bluetooth combo card that was only a BTO option.
As you've discovered, the Airport Express won't do anything to make your G5 wireless capable. Your G5 has to connect to the Airport Express, but it needs to have the wireless hardware to do so.

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