Air Port Express/ Mini Mac problems

Trying to link my Mini Mac to an iMac - both old.
iMac is successfully running 10.4.3 with Airport Extreme working.
Mini Mac (old) - no airport card - hooked up to AirPort Express with ethernet cable.
Mini Mac/ Airport Express seem unable to connect to Airport Extreme.
Located about 50 feet away from each other.
Any suggestions? Would it be better to connect the Airport Express to the Mini Mac with a USB cable?

TreeWizard123 wrote:
Trying to link my Mini Mac to an iMac - both old.
iMac is successfully running 10.4.3 with Airport Extreme working.
Mini Mac (old) - no airport card - hooked up to AirPort Express with ethernet cable.
Mini Mac/ Airport Express seem unable to connect to Airport Extreme.
Welcome to Apple's discussion groups.
First you need to configure your AirPort Extreme and AirPort Express so that the two AirPort units for a "WDS" network. You can find instructions starting on page 42 of this manual:
http://manuals.info.apple.com/enUS/Designing_AirPort_Networks10.5-Windows.pdf
Any suggestions? Would it be better to connect the Airport Express to the Mini Mac with a USB cable?
That won't work. The AirPort Express USB port is only for a printer.

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