Another airport express that won't configure

Further to the other recent posts on this topic I seem to have a similar baffling problem. My set up is this:
I simply want my AE to stream music to a stereo. I have a Linksys WRT54G wireless router which already gives me a fully functioning wireless home network.
The AE has been configured in the past and has worked absolutely fine. For some reason the configuration/connection was lost recently so I've had to go through the config process again. Lucky me, since I can't now get it to work!
Having followed Ewen's helpful guide entitled 'Express and D-Link routers' posted on Nov 14, 2004 and looked through various other recent posts on this subject I'm at a loss to know why.
The first config steps I take are to reset the AE and establish a hard-wire connection to the router. In attempting to 'configure' the base station using the Airport Admin Utility I've custom changed the single IP address to be distributed by the base station to 192.168.30.xxx under the 'Network' tab (since my router has an IP address of 192.168.30.1). Then under the Airport tab i have set 'use base station to' 'join an existing wireless network' under the Airport tab and added the SSID of my network. I think that should be enough to do the job but the problems come when hitting 'Update' ... at first it looks as though the AE/base station is being configured but before it completes the base station name and IP address simply disappear from view in the Admin Utility window and nothing more happens. While of course the AE itself carries on flashing yellow at me.
The only way to get anything back to attempt configuring again is to reset the AE and start all over. Am I missing something obvious? All thoughts, tips and suggestions gratefully received.

I suggest you follow the advice posted by David Lovell in this discussion:
David Lovell, "Airtunes for XP with a Wired/Wireless network" #1, 09:05pm Jan 8, 2005 CDT
The advice you have been following as part of the configuration - to custom change the single IP address to be distributed by the base station to 192.168.30.xxx under the 'Network' tab - doesn't accomplish anything useful so I suggest you not bother doing it.

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