Connecting airport to Netgear wnda3100

I just bought a netgear WNDA 3100 v2 and cannot get it to connect properly to my airport extreme 802.11n. It shows good connection, but is not being assigned an IP address. Netgear support is horrific. I know this should have a simple solution, but cannot figure it out. I have WPA security. I can connect to the internet using a neighbors unsecured internet, but cannot connect to my airport. Please.... any ideas?

Thanks for the clarification.
Suggest that you temporarily turn off the security on the AirPort Extreme to verify that you can connect that way. If you can, then you know it is a compatibility issue on the security settings between Netgear and Apple.
AirPort Utility > Manual Setup
Click the Wireless icon to access the settings for the AirPort Extreme
Once you have verified that the Netgear will connect using no security, you have a choice of two WPA settings on the AirPort Extreme:
WPA/WPA2 Personal and WPA2 Personal. Try both to see if you can find a compatible setting with the Netgear adapter.

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But when I click on the network it asks for a WEP Password - I have no idea what Password to use.
I've tried everything connected to my router that I can think of, everything related to adminstrative passwords and I always get - "error connecting to network" ( or something like that)
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I found on the netgear website that I needed to download a firmware update for the router to make it work with airport extreme.
OK I did that, still doesn't work.
I can connect fine to my neighbors linksys network that doesnot require a password.
Also do I need to set up another email address for this machine?
I can't log into the same email address on 2 machines at the same time can I?

Open the Netgear configuration page. Go to the wireless settings. On my Netgear, the encryption password is visible.
If the password isn't visible on yours, simply change the password to something new.
Also do I need to set up another email address for this machine?
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Sure. If you are using an IMAP account and have the settings to leave the messages on the server everything will work well. If you are using a POP account it can become confusing because the first one to check mail will get messages and remove them from the server. So one may see messages that the other doesn't.

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I've just bought an airport express expecting to be
able to link it to my existing wireless network with
a netgear DG834G2 router , guess I was naive to think
it would be easy!
You should configure your AX to connect to the Netgear router in client mode.
What is client mode?
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=108040
You can do this wirelessly from your Mac.
If you have tried to configure before then you may need to reset the AX first.
Resetting AirPort Express
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=108044
Do I use an ethernet cable and do I plug it into the
router?
Yes that is what the instructions mean.
what's DHCP?
Simply this a process by which a router assigns IP addresses to clients on the network automatically.
Each client (computer or AX) needs their own individual IP address.
Where do I find the IP?
Using the Airport Admin Utility, therefore you need to be able to connect to it to know the IP address.
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being new from the box
shouldn't the AX have the latest version?
Sometimes yes, sometimes no.
. When setting up your AirPort Express, enter your
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If your Netgear's wireless network name is NETGEAR, which it probably will be if you haven't changed the SSID from the default configuration.
Where abouts do I find the WEP
hex code?
First did you configure the Netgear router to use WEP?
From the configuration page of the Netgear router which will be accessed from a web browser, check the Netgear manual for details on how to do this.

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Say you already have your own home network set up, and all you want is to be able to use AirTunes to play music off iTunes into your speaker system. And, you don't need the printer sharing capability nor creation of another wireless network (2 of the features of Airport Express). Then this solution is for you - read on.
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I hope these instructions were helpful - I am happy to answer any questions, so feel free to contact me, *******************@*****.**.
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Thanks for the detailed directions. You are absolutely correct in stating that people should toss the user manual; it's pretty worthless. I have had a problem setting up my new Airport Express as I have described in an earlier post - http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1839873&tstart=45
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Thanks

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