Connect two WRT54Gs Wirelessly

To whom it may concern,
I currently have 2 WRT54Gs that I want to connect wirelessly.
One router is connected to the modem which serves IP addresses to my hardwired and my wireless computers dynamically (used as a DHCP server for my local network).  At another point in my house, I have a TiVo and a PS2 that I would also like to hook up to the home network, but rather than purchasing wireless cards and attempting to get them set up with the encryption, my plan was to purchase a "Wirelss switch"  as an "Access point" that could hook to my original router wirelessly and hook these devices (and other devices) to it physically using network cables.
I thought I needed an access point so I traveled down to my local Staples and saw that they had sold out of access points.  I also noticed that WRT54Gs doubled as access points and believe it or not were $20 cheaper than the one port Access point.  Thinking this would be easy to set up, I purchased the second WRT54G and set on my way.
Needless to say, I'm having a bit of trouble getting the second router to pick up the wireless network of the first.  I've Googled the issue and the closest I came is to hardwiring one router to the next and turning off DHCP server for the new one.  That would completely defeat the purpose of doing this wirelessly.
Any thoughts on the matter would be appreciated.
Message Edited by ndegroff on 12-31-200612:58 PM

Interesting that this thread was moved to the Routers forum.  The meat of the question was really how to get a WRT54G to perform a wireless bridge to another since the packaging on the box implies that it functions as a Wireless Access Point.  Either way, I think my answer is that the Linksys Firmware for a WRT54G does not include the wireless bridge capabilities that it's WAP brothers have.
In order to get this to work, I'll need to void warranties and install 3rd party software that will allow the router to act as a wireless client of the first.

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