Airport Express and 3rd Party Router

I have a first generation Airport Express that I've been using for the past few years to stream music wirelessly to my stereo via my Belkin 54g router. At first I could not get the Airport Express to work with the Belkin Router but finally after posting on this discussion board, someone told me how to make it work.
Well, I finally decided to buy a new router with the N-protocol (Linksys E2000) and I cannot get it to recognize the Airport Express at all, even when I hook it up via ethernet cable. I cannot remember the steps I went through to get the Belkin router to work with the Airport Express. I hope someone can help me so I can get it working again.
Thanks,
Mark Brandenburg

Mark,
You need to "hard reset" the AirPort Express by holding in the reset button until the amber light begins to blink more quickly, hold another 3-4 seconds when you see this, then release the reset button.
Open AirPort Utility to reconfigure your AirPort Express to "Join" your Linksys wireless network. The AirPort Express should "see" the name of the Linksys network during the configuration, but the hard part is knowing exactly what type of wireless security that your Linksys router is using.
You must enter a matching setting on the AirPort Express to get it to "join" the network correctly, so you may need to check the settings on your Linksys router first if you are not sure of the exact security setting that it is using.
The other thing you need to check is to make sure that the Linksys is broadcasting a compatible signal so your older "g" AirPort Express will be able to join the network. If the Linksys produces an "n only" wireless network, the AirPort Express will not be able to join the network since it is a "g" device.

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