Airport creates its own network

I'm not able to share my itunes library between computers on my ethernet home network and my airport network, I think because airport sets up its own network (10.0.0.x). Is there a way to force airport to be part of my existing ethernet network, so I have only one network within my home?
Thanks,
Jeff

You can download AirPort Admin Utility, version 4.2, from this page. Although the old installer won't work, the AirPort Admin Utility can be extracted.
. Download the disk image named "AirPortSW42.dmg"
. If the installer launches, quit the installer
. Double-click the disk image to mount a volume named "AirPort 4.2 Update"
. Within the AirPort 4.2 Update window, ctrl-click on "AirPortSW.pkg"
. Select "Show Package Contents"
. Open the "Contents" folder
. Double-click the "Archive.pax.gz" file, which causes an "Archive.pax" file and an "Archive" folder to be extracted
. Open the "Archive" folder, the "Applications" folder within it, and the "Utilities" folder within that. The AirPort Admin Utility is there.
If you want to use AirPort Admin Utility's Help menu, even though some of the help may be outdated, you can also retrieve the AirPort.help file from the downloaded Archive>Library>Documentation>Help folder and move it to Macintosh HD>Library>Documentation>Help.
Discard the other downloaded files. (In particular, AirPort Setup Assistant version 4.2 is not compatible with Graphite or Snow base stations.)

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