Airport Express Setup Help!

I just bought an Airport Extreme and an Airport Express. I was on a Linksys wireless network nooked up to a desktop PC. I started with the Express and got a green light after fiddling around with Airport Admin Utility.
Then I started playing with the Airport Extreme as a base station. I took off the Linksys and substituted the Airport Extreme. I configured the security setup to WEP since I still have some old PC laptop. I hooked up my cable modem to the Extreme with an ethernet cable.
I got everything working and now to try the Airport Express. I have not been able to get the Express to go on a green light anymore. I have reset a zillion times. Both reset while plugged in and reset while plugging in.
The airport extreme disk wiped out my Express software. After I reinstalled the express software I can use admin utility to play around with the setting on the Express. I have tried using the utility wireless via my MacBook and via an ethernet cable.
Setup assistant is no help at this point. I kept on getting an error message about no being able to communicate with the Express base station. I can see the Express base station on my menu bar.
Basically I cannot get on the internet when I use the Airport Express base station because some how it is NOT talking to the Airport Extreme base station.
I thought it was suppose to be an easy setup if I use both the Extreme and Express together.
Thanks for any help you may provide.
MacBook Pro, iMac   Mac OS X (10.4.9)   Multiple PCs
MacBook Pro, iMac   Mac OS X (10.4.9)   Multiple PCs

Is your desired network configuration to use the AirPort Express Base Station (AX) to extend the wireless network created by the AirPort Extreme Base Station (AEBS) as the Remote base station in a Wireless Distribution System (WDS)?
If so, and I am assuming that you have the older 802.11g (dome-shaped) AEBS, then try the following setup for WDS...
Set up a Wireless Distribution System (WDS)
(Note: To facilitate setting up the base stations, place them in near proximity of each other during the set up phase.)
Set up the as the WDS Main Base Station, by connecting directly, using an Ethernet cable, to the LAN port of the AEBS, and then use the AirPort Admin Utility, located in /Applications/Utilities, to make the following settings.
WDS Tab
- Enable this base station as a WDS: main base station (checked)
- Enable wireless clients on this base station (optional)
- Click "+" to add the AX as the Remote Base Station.
-- Select the AX that you want to be the WDS Remote.
-- AirPort ID: <verify that this is the correct wireless MAC address for the AX you are adding as a Remote.
-- Auto configure as a WDS remote base station (checked)
-- Click "OK."
- Verify that the AX has been added to the list.
- Click "Update," and then verify the settings for the AX.
-- Allow wireless clients on this base station (checked)
-- New network name: <verify that this is the same as the network name for the AEBS>
-- TCP/IP: Configure using DHCP
-- Base Station Password: <the AX base station password>
-- Confirm: <same as previous step>
-- Click "OK."

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