Why can't I get wireless on my mac mini?

I have an airport express setup in my room for my macbook and it works great...I also have a mac mini G4 and would like to try and get a wireless through that one, but when I go to network diagnostic's airport is not an option. Do I need an airport card installed or should it work automatically?

So I can't just buy the 50 dollar airport extreme
card in the apple online store?
No.
Unlike all other Macs which are capable of having an Airport card installed, the mini has no place for the card to be inserted, and no airport antenna already fitted. Thus to add airport to a G4 mini that doesn't have it already, you need the complete upgrade kit, which contains an airport card, a small 'riser' card that connects to the mini's logic board and into which the airport card is then fitted, plus an airport antenna. Actually the full kit also includes a bluetooth module and antenna to add that functionality too.
An airport extreme card on it's own will therefore have no place to connect to inside the mini, nor an antenna to connect to it.

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