Will Ethernet fix my problem?

There is a saga to this, but I will cut a long story short and just say, up till last week I was using a USB BT Voyager modem to connect to the internet with my G4 iMac!!! I have now treated myself to a Macbook pro so want to go wireless. I've moved to Toucan as my ISP and they have sent me a USB Speedtouch modem!! Their 30p/min "technical support" tell me that no USB modem will work with OS X 10.4.5 (yeah! Right!) but that I need to get an ethernet modem!! I have already bought a Belkin wireless router (it was a bargain & also has printer server!), and was planning to get a cheap ethernet modem to connect to it, but the only cheapy I can find is a BT Voyager 205 modem!!! Will the fact that this is ethernet fix my problems or am I still risking walking into BT v Mac ****??!?!
Advice please!?!
Mac Book Pro Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Are you saying that I CAN'T use the router I have at
all? Or that it's just not ideal?
No you can use the router I even gave you a link of a modem that is compatible with your router. I was pointing out that you could have had a simpler solution with 1 box.
From what I have
read on the other forums I figured that this would be
OK if I got an ethernet modem ( I need to get a new
one anyway as the Toucan one doesn't support OS X
10.4.5) my concern was my plan to use a BT modem as
everyone seems to have a nightmare with them??
It is ok to have an ethernet modem to go with your router. There are advantages to this kind of setup that an ADSL router does not have.
If for example you switched sometime in the future to Cable then you could just swap the ethernet adsl modem and plug your cable modem into your router. This would have no impact on your network as nothing would change. Your mac's network settings would remain the same.
Thanks
Mac Book Pro
Mac OS X (10.4.5)

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