Connecting Ethernet Macs & printer with wireless network?

I have a small LAN (500MHz Cube, iMAC, Tally T8016 Laser Printer) handled by a Belkin 4-port router, connected to a cable modem.
I would like to incorporate a new Mac mini, a MacBook and an AirportExtreme Base Station but have some problems. Connecting the AEBS to the cable modem via WAN and the router via LAN works half way. All 4 computers connect to the Internet without problems and the 2 Mac's connected to the router can use the printer, but the wireless ones don't recognize it. What am I doing wrong? Is there a better way to incorporate all 6 units (4 MAc's, printer and AEBS)?

Hmm .. it didn't work. When I remove NAT & DHCP I loose immediately all Internet connections on the 2 computers connected to the Belkin router.
I have now tried to
1. Shut down all computers, router, modem and AEBS.
2. Hard reset AEBS - wait 2 hours.
3. Connect Macmini to AEBS via Ethernet cable (LAN) and start up fresh. Internet connection works.
4. Remove Ethernet and establish wireless connection - Internet connection works.
5. Connect LAN output on AEBS to Belkin WAN input - [Belkin is still set to "no" NAT & DHCP].
6. Start Cube (connected to Belkin) and printer (connected to Belkin) - still no Internet connection and printer invisible to Macmini.
I guess I have to try Option #2 now, that is, connect the Belkin router to the cable modem, use 1 port to connect to the AEBS and disable the "distribute" option on the AEBS, and use the router ports to connect the Cube and printer.

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