AEBSn extending my wireless but refuses to function as an ethernet switch

Hey guys, I've just got a new Airport Extreme Base Station n, and it's giving me a small amount of grief. I'm trying to configure my network as so:
BELKIN ADSL MODEM/ROUTER in the study >> wireless >> AEBSn in the loungeroom >> ethernet cable >> Mediaserver, iBook g4 (diagnostically)
I've configured my AEBSn to join the houses wireless network, and it says it's done that successfully (and my iphone, macbook pro and g4 ibook have no problem talking to it wirelessly, but it adamantly refuses to allow anything to connect to it via ethernet.
I've two snapshots of my configuration:
Configuration 1: Summary : http://img.skitch.com/20081014-dpnyh3pe9e9gam28fakr6fk4fh.png
Configuration 2: Wireless : http://img.skitch.com/20081014-jrcdqn5y5we1wfysiis59c6tsp.png
Configuration 3: Internet : http://img.skitch.com/20081014-gjifdsmka2csxim4ysmfwtutdp.png
I am unable to connect to it through ethernet with my Macbook Pro, My G4 iBook or my XBOX 360[1]. The problem appears to be that the AEBSn isn't leasing IP addresses across the ethernet, and I can't seem to convince it to do so.
[1: I know XBOX 360 consoles have serious neuroses wirelessly joining AEBS, but I've been informed that they have no problem over ethernet.)

I've an AirPort Extreme Base Station; being the first of those two images.
Under further experimentation last night, I found that it was happy to DHCP lease IP addresses if I connected it by ethernet. Pending an actual solution, the network now looks like
BELKIN ADSL MODEM in the loungeroom >> wireless >> G4 iBook in the loungeroom, set to share internet across ethernet >> WAN Port on the AEBSn
Which is clumsy, inefficient and inelegant.
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Here's the scoop.
I have one Airport Extreme 802.11n that's connected
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Network". It's at 5 GHz, and "Allow this Network
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station (#1), and I enter the range of the
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