AirPort Extreme amber blinking - error: "Internet Connection"

Hi all,
Just purchased the AEBS last night. I have a somewhat "interesting" setup with my network.
1) My home is prewired with LAN and I'm using a wired (only) Linksys router for this. The reason for this system is in the laundry room and I'm not putting the AP in the laundry room - I can't have a printer there! Also in the laundry room is the cable modem, which feeds into the wired lynksys router.
2) Connected to this wired router, in the office, is the Airport Extreme. I'm using it as a wireless "bridge" - just there to make Wifi (and share my printer).
Here's the issue:
My AirPort works perfectly. I get a connection, I can browse all the other devices on the network, the printer prints perfectly, etc.
EXCEPT : the amber light is blinking and in the AirPort software (Mac) says that there is an error with the "Internet Connection". It tells me that:
"Your base station does not have a valid IP address. Please make sure your base station is connected to your broadband modem or local area network (it is), verify, etc..."
There is one true statement in the description above from the AirPort. It does not seem to have a valid IP address. When I type in Safari 192.168.1.107 - the IP address listed on the main configuration pane, it never finds the page and gives me a "page not found" error.
Moreover, I have an NAS attached to the AirPort which I can access - through the browser interface - perfectly. This NAS is a true NAS - meaning it doesn't connect through a USB port but through a network cable.
Lastly, before you reply with suggestions - thanks so much for that by the way, know that I can't change my network set-up physically - everything needs to stay where it is as of now.
Thanks to all,
Al

Thanks for the response once again! I'm sorry that I wasn't clear in the beginning as I could have been, but here's the deal: I know there are a mutlitude of ways to set up (any) network but mine needs to stay exactly the way it is (physically - in terms of where each router/station is located).
The reason for this, and also the reason why I can't use your suggestion, is the following: if I move the Linksys to the den (from the laundry room), I will have Wifi, but then I lose my ability to have the pre-wired home (with Gigabit) wiring. This is because the den (as does every other room in the house) only has the "output" on wall and no "input" jacks thus I can receive the WAN signals, but can't redistribute them back all over the home (for my wired devices). My laundry room is the home's "hub" where all the wiring comes into and only from here am I able to send out my wired signals to every room in the home.
I can't get rid of my wired connection since I need Gigabit speed.
So now it's back to square one: the AirPort is still blinking amber but is in bridge mode, telling me that it has no "IP address".

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