Will my iMac connect wireless with my ISP modem?

Do I need to specifically have an airport express or airport extreme base station to connect wirelessly to the internet? I have a modem that was supplied by my ISP. When I try to connect to the internet, the serial number for the modem appears, however, when I enter my WEP password, I get an error message that "there was an error joining the airport network." I also have an ibook G4, and have no problem connecting with it.
The tech's at my ISP aren't much help, as they're not mac-friendly.
Any ideas?

Do I need to specifically have an airport express or airport extreme base station to connect wirelessly to the internet?
No. If your iMac G5 has built-in wireless, or has the AirPort Extreme card installed, it can join any 802.11b or 802.11g compatible wireless network.

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Sorry because I am reading your post very fast and no deeply.
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This message:
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not means you are connected.
Edit: (added)
There is an example in ArchWiki:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ne … bit_PSK.29
/etc/netctl/wireless-wpa
Description='A simple WPA encrypted wireless connection using 256-bit PSK'
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Last edited by Alber (2013-06-28 12:32:03)

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Message was edited by: Royalal

Royalal wrote:
Internet is working great/fine on my PC that's wired to one of the ports on the Linksys, and internet works fine when wired to the iBook. I changed no settings on my iBook from before when the router was with the old modem/old settings.
Welcome to Apple's discussion groups.
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