Wireless network / Internet / 'Bridge'

Currently use the G5 using airport/ wireless and the Intel machine / wired to a Linksys Wirelss-G ADSL 'WAG54G' very sucesssfully...located in my office in the garden some 12m( nearest window)from my stone built home.
I would like to move the iMac G3 indoors for family access to internet.
Two problems.
1) No airpost facility on this machine and
2) even if there wa, it would be too far away from the Linksys.
Discussion with local Scotsys Apple Centre (Glasgow) suggests a wireless'bridge'installed at the nearest window and a wired router installed c/w the G3 at it's new location some 8m distant.
Visits to Lynksys web site confusing...Help anyone ? Can someone identify the actual unit/models I require?

Can you not have the dsl line installed in your house rather than the office. Hook up you iMac G3 hardwired to your access point, then wireless access from the office for you G5? I'm not sure about your access point but there are a number of 3rd parties that sell higher gain antennas for the apple aiport extreme basestation that will boost the range quite a bit.
Glor

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