WPA support on old (Summer 2000) iMac

I'm trying to long distance troubleshoot a problem my father is having getting an old iMac (G3-500Mz, Summer 2000) onto his new Airport Express network.
He has his newer, Intel iMac connected wirelessly no problem and is running WPA encryption. When I tried to walk him through getting the old iMac online (OS X 10.4) he gets and error message that says something useless like "there's a problem connecting".
I have this idea that the wireless card in the old iMac doesn't support WPA and that's the source of the problem. I suggested turning off the encryption completely to test my theory, but he's afraid he'll not be able to get his new Mac working again (he was so happy to get it up and working so quickly). There's no convincing him to run my little troubleshooting experiment. And, he intent on using WPA now that I've told him it's more secure than WEP.
Anyway, I've looked through Apple's specs and manuals and have not been able to determine if the Airport card of that vintage supports WPA. Does anyone here know if it will support WPA?
Thanks in advance.

Wow, that was quick. Thanks for the response, Tesserax.
Now I need to scratch my head a bit more about what else might be causing the problem. I could probably solve it in short order if I was on site, but as it is, he's 1500 miles away and I'm troubleshooting by phone. I don't know whose patience will run out first.
The old iMac can see the network and he gets the prompt for the password when he tries to connect, but after 30 seconds or so, he gets the message that it can't connect. The old iMac is right next to the new one and both are within 10 feet of the Airport hub.
Any ideas?

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