Airport Extreme network with Ubuntu Linux (7.10), Windows (XP) and MacBook

Hi all.
My problem is that I cannot get Ubuntu to connect to Airport Extreme, see the hard disk(s) connected on it and print through it.
Airport extreme is connected to my adsl modem and I have an Ubuntu PC, Windows PC and a MacBook connected to airport extreme. Windows PC and MacBook work as expected. From the Ubuntu machine I can only connect to the Internet but I can't see the hard disks and printers. I think this is because I provided the modem's IP address to connect to (I chose Static IP in Network Settings and provided the modem's IP as a gateway). When I provide airport extreme's IP address as a gateway I am disconnected from the Internet.
To use airport extreme on Windows and macbook I used the installation CD, but it will not work on ubuntu. I installed airport-utils but it won't help, perhaps I am doing something wrong.
Any suggestions?

I suspect you have already found this out so this reply may simply be for my own memory recall in the future when I have forgotten it.
To connect to the network drives you need to open the file browser. Then from the Go menu select Network. You will likely see the AirPort Extreme Base Station show up as a cryptic name. Double click on it and you should see the shares.
For the printer I can't help as of yet since I haven't tried it yet.

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