Airport Extreme / Netgear router

Please could somebody walk me through this step by step as I am pulling my hair out ...
I have a Netgear DG834 router which is connected to my broadband connection and is feeding my Macs. I have bought an iPad2 and have been trying to connect my Airport Extreme to the Netgear in order to use WiFi. I want to leave the Netgear connected as it is because it is fast and very reliable, the Airport Extreme will be solely for iPad2 and iPhone.
I have plugged the Airport Extreme into one of the outputs from the Netgear but all I am getting is a flashing amber light. Having reset it about 20 times this afternoon I need somebody to walk me through the entire process. It keeps telling me that I don't have a WiFi connection and to be honest I have absolutely no idea how to set one up.
All help greatfully appreciated!
Chris Blackwell

i have a probleme to with my net gear dg834 and l'airport extreme, i want to use my airport extreme as WIFI and for thats i need to put my netgear only as router not wifi the only option i can use is the airport as bridge but not as WIFI...i try to cut the DHCP in the netgear but the airport dont send any signal after thats...
the question is: how i can deconnect the wireless option in my netgear and after use the airport as WIFI router.
thank (sorry my english is not good)

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