Airport express cant  connect to internet through linksys wrt54g router

Hi, i need some help.
I have an airport express that i cant seem to get to connect to the internet.
I have a cable modem to linksys wrt54g wireless router. An xp computer connected by LAN to the router.
An Imac wirelessly.
An xp laptop wirelessly.
And a printer via the LAN
All work just fine.
But when i configured the aiport express to be a wds for the linksys to increase the range for my laptop or imac for that matter. It displays a green light, but has no connection, because it doesnt give the laptop or the imac a correct ip adress, that is what i seem to think the problem is.
Please can someone help, i'm desperate.
Thanks
Core duo 17" IMAC   Mac OS X (10.4.7)  

Did you follow instructions like this to add the AE to your Linksys network?
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060609053254368&query=linksys%2Bw rt54g
Also, make sure that "Distribute IP addresses" is NOT checked.

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