Airport Express - Extreme Base Station - MacBook Connection PLEASE HELP!

Ok, i thought i had a pretty good idea of what i was doing with my mac stuff but apparently not, can someone talk me through how to set up the following - i've google and searched forums far and wide and cannot seem to find a simple walk through guide, even read the manual. The Airport Express manual online still says you can only stream to one device at a time.
I have an Airport Extreme Base Station broadcasting a DSL connection from a router - works a treat. I also have 1TB WD Hard Drive plugged into the Base Station which works as a shared AirDisk - also works a treat. I have two stereos at each end of the house and got my hands on two Airport Express devices (Models: A1084 and A1088).
I've gone through every possible scenario in setting these up to join the network but once they're 'joined' there no sign of them, and they no longer show up in my Airport Utility so can no longer configure them, thus having to reset them and start again.
I've tried a) setting up a WDS network, the base station as the main and the express' units as remote. No show in iTunes and no real show of being on the network at all; and b) tried leaving the existing network as is and joining the express' to that, again, they supposedly 'join' (i assume, only because they no longer show up as their own network) but do not show up in iTunes. As far as I've tested and found, I have the latest of all versions of software / firmware available, including Leopard, iTunes and Airport Utility... HELP! It's driving me MAD! And a thousand thank you's in advance...

Thanks for your help, after trouble shooting to no end, I've discovered it has something to do with the WEP password I was using and after reading through many a support article I found this article: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2098?viewlocale=en_US - however, the $ sign doesn't seem to work to when setting up the Express' (even tried making the password the very one used in that article) and when I set the network up initially, it seemed my flatmates PC's only joined the network if I used a WEP password, rather than a WPA that i'd rather use.
Any suggestions here? Do I have to use a WEP password to let Windows join?

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I have Comcast cable broadband. I connect that to a Linksys router for
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2) Should I be connecting it to the LAN port since it's coming out of
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