Buffalo WHR-HP-G54 and an Airport Express

Hello. I would like to know if the Airport Express can be setup "easily" as a WDS bridge to a wireless network that is coming from a Buffalo WHR-HP-G54 wireless smartrouter. I see that both support WDS. Is there a doc anywhere that might help me to configure this setup?
Thanks.

Is it possible to use it as some sort of a "repeater"?
Apple's "extend" function was designed to only work with other Apple devices, so it would be extremely unlikely that the Buffalo router coulld be configured to extend the AirPort network using wireless only.
There is no harm in trying, though. Check the documentation for the Buffalo router to configure it to act as a "repeater" or "extender".
There are no settings to adjust on the AirPort. It is up to the Buffalo router to join the Express wireless network and then repeat or extend the signal.

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