Can I really be wireless with Express and Extreme?

I've been using an Airport Extreme, which has been great. My imac and macbook are all wireless at home. So I got an Express, so I could stream Itunes. But in the set-up instructions the diagram shows that if you want to add an Express to an Extreme network you have to have to have the Extreme hooked up to the desktop. So, do I have to revert to a wired set up for my Extreme and imac in order to use the Express? I've tried to set it up using the Admin Utility, and Airport Assistant, but all I have is a blinking yellow light.
G3 imac, MacBook Mac OS X (10.4.8)

I just don't get it - tried everything, my laptop just didn't see the express. So I take it to the Apple store. They hook it up, and Bam! There it is. Everything looks fine.
I take it home, hook it up and... my computer doesn't see it. The guy at the Genius Bar said all I had to do was hook up the speakers, but I still don't get anything. I do get a speaker option now - I didn't before - but it always says there are no speakers hooked up.

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Ever since I have upgraded to Tiger, I’ve experienced a strange, random Airport Extreme/Express problem which I have not been able to solve. I can sometimes replicate the problem but never consistently.
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