Advice on routers/adaptors

Trying to figure all this out. Have a PC hooked up to DSL downstairs.
Want my 2 Macs upstairs to be online. The newer mac has an airport
extreme card. The other is too old for a "card".
I'm guessing I should get a "wirless G" router for the DSL modem, and a
USB adaptor for the older mac? Which brands/model numbers should I look
for? Is a "broadband router" the same as a "DSL router"?
I think the airport card is a "G" series.
Thank you for your help!

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Trying to figure all this out. Have a PC hooked up to DSL downstairs.
> Want my 2 Macs upstairs to be online. The newer mac has an airport
> extreme card. The other is too old for a "card".
> I'm guessing I should get a "wirless G" router for the DSL modem, and a
> USB adaptor for the older mac?

You're better off with an Ethernet than a USB wireless adapter.
Depending on the Mac model and OS version running on it, you might also
be able to use a PCI wireless card in it.

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Trying to figure all this out. Have a PC hooked up to DSL downstairs.
> Want my 2 Macs upstairs to be online. The newer mac has an airport
> extreme card. The other is too old for a "card".
> I'm guessing I should get a "wirless G" router for the DSL modem, and a
> USB adaptor for the older mac?

There a few USB adapters for Mac OS. Google with the search string: "Mac
OS Wireless Adapter Compatibility List" - remember to include the
quotes. The newest list I know of is from August 2005.

> Which brands/model numbers should I look for?

Check the list above.

> Is a "broadband router" the same as a "DSL router"?

Above you wrote "the DSL modem". So in that case you need a broadband
router (with a built-in switch and connectors for cable, to connect your
PC) with built-in wireless. Or you can buy a broadband router (with the
switch) and a separate wireless access point and connect the AP to the
router.

A DSL router could replace the DSL modem and router.

> I think the airport card is a "G" series.

Yes. Airport Extreme is 802.11g.