Wireless Networking solutions for Tiger and G4 tower needed!

Got a "new" G4 Digital Audio, and also got a G3 Tray load Imac in my home, along with my WinTel machines, I've got DSL, and a Linksys wireless router in the bedroom feeding the rest of the house with broadband access. The Macs are giving me a hardware headache! The G4 has an airport card slot, but Airport cards are more expensive than MIMO cards right now, and I can't afford that solution. Currently using a WET-11 wireless bridge to get connectivity to it. Bought a DLink DWL-G120 USB adapter, being led to believe that it would work with Macs, but, alas, it does not. I've got two Orinco Gold A/B PCMCIA cards, and a PCI PCMCIA adapter card so I can use those cards in a PC. Well, the Adapter card is recognized, but the Orinoco cards are not. They are both 32 bit 5v PCMCIA cards.
Tried the 3rd party mac driver solutions, to no avail...
Hate to spend more money on cards/bridges, but need to do something quick. Got to take the Imac to my hotel to use while I'm stuck there, and need a wireless solution. I can take the bridge, but that would leave my G4 tower w/o a connection to the net, unless I string a CAT 5 cable 50 feet from the bedroom to the living room.
IMAC is running Mac OS 9.22. G4 has OSX 10.4.5.
PowerMac G4 Digital Audio   Mac OS X (10.4.4)   HP DVD Burner

Yes avoid the USB wireless adapters.
Your solution lies in the Ethernet wireless adapters (like the Linksys WET11 or WET54G). That will work for both of your Macs.

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