Do I have to have an Airport?

I can't get my new Airport express to connect to my existing Netgear wireless network. Do I have to have an Apple Airport to make the connection? I am getting the flashing amber light.
Thanks,
Ben

If you are trying to connect the two together wirelessly then your router will have to support WDS and your express will then extend the network,you will have to go into your router configuration to see if it can do it,if you just want to use the wireless signal from your airport express then you can connect it directly to your route via ethernet then configure your express in airport utilities.

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