Expanding a network with Airport Extreme

I’m trying to extend (or bridge?) my network using my Airport Extreme. My roommate has the modem hooked up to his router and I think it’s a Linksys router. I have an airport card installed in my G4 desktop and I get a decent signal. The reason I want to hook up the Airport extreme is so I can share hard drives and printer with my Macbook Pro I just purchased. I get a fine signal with the Macbook Pro from my roommate’s router as well. The problem is trying to set up the Airport Extreme so I can access the hard drives and printer. I haven’t seen much on using Airport Extreme to expand a network. I was also thinking about running an Ethernet to the desktop from the Airport since it would be faster than the old Airport card I have installed which I believe is only “B”. I would then like to use Back to Mac to access the desktop from anywhere but that is a later issue until I get the airport extreme setup. Any suggestions on how I can extend the network so I can do this. Thanks.
James

The only way to do this is by using WDS. Most Linksys devices are not compatible with Apple's WDS but some are. The Linksys WRT54G or WRT54GS (not latest versions v5) are known to be.
You would need to configure the Linksys and the AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS) to link together using WDS.
One side effect of WDS is that the wireless bandwidth will be cut in half.

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