1 laptop in the house not using wre54g range expander - help!

I have a Linksys wireless router that works great when in range, but was weaker in certain parts of the house, so I recently picked up the wre54g range expander and life is good for 2 out of 3 computers. I have 2 laptops running Windows XP, latest service pack (1 IBM, the other Dell) and both of these laptops utilize the range expander. My Sony Vaio laptop is running Windows Vista 64bit with latest service pack and it does not seem to connect using the range expander, but rather the weaker wireless router connection. Additionally, the connection drops frequently to the router, not sure if it is because the signal is weak or some other issue. The Sony has a built in wireless card by Atheros model AR928x, latest driver version 7.7.0.331. I also updated the wre54g firmware to the latest version yesterday, but it didn't make a difference. All 3 laptops connect using the same WEP key, although I have tried different keys and there was no difference. This is really frustrating and am not sure what to try next. Some questions:
1)When I search or connect to wireless networks, I only see the one netwok (not one for the router and another for the extender), so I cannot manually connect to the extender. Is this the way it is supposed to be? I'm guessing yes since my other 2 laptops on XP are the same.
2)Is there a way to force a connection through the extender?
3)Are there any compatibility issues with Vista? i searched the forum and read lots of threads, but nothing found on this.
Any help is appreciated, would really like to get this fixed!
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Whats the Model number of your Linksys Router?
A:WRT300N
Whats the wireless settings you have setup on your Router?
A: Not sure what settings you are referring to. Am using WEP security.
First of all whats the Distance between the Range Expander and the Router? When you try to Connect to your wireless network on your Vista computer are you getting any kind of error message?
A: Distance is about 25 feet. Don't get any errors, just get poor signa and frequent signal drops/disconnects. As I stated, it works fine for my other 2 laptops, so I don't see how it is a configuration problem between the router and the extender, but am open to suggestions. Is it possible that the wireless network setting is cached with the wireless router connection and therefore not picking up the extender connection? Not sure how it differentiates between the 2.
Message Edited by adamkoch on 11-25-2009 05:25 PM

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