Wireless hardware for Dual 2Ghz PowerPC G5

Greetings,
I have a PowerPC G5, specs below. It was purchased not wireless ready. I have a wireless Netgear Router for my other three IBM machines (yes, the dark side I know.) What card access point or whatever hardward do I need to install on my G5 to connect to my wireless router?
Machine Name: Power Mac G5
Machine Model:PowerMac11,2
CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (1.0)
Number Of CPUs:2
CPU Speed: 2 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU):1 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 1 GHz
Boot ROM Version:5.2.7f1

Hi. There is some info on Airport Extreme! for "Late 2005" dual-cores here
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4912635#4912635
The MacPro link for the dual-core Bluetooth/Airport Extreme! combined module is now
http://www.mac-pro.com/Apple-Wireless-Upgrade-Kit-for-Power-Mac-G5-Dual-or-Power -Mac-G5-Quad-MA252G-A
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http://support.apple.com/specs/powermac/PowerMac_G5_Early2005.html
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