Linksys WTR54GS compatible with Airport Extreme WDS?

I know the WTR54GS has WDS capability. Will it's WDS work with Apple's Airport Extreme or Airport Express though?
Thanks!

According to this article's
Author...yes.
Thank you. But I'm referring to the WTR54GS and not the WRT54GS. Notice the transposed R and T. Yeah, I know...very confusing! Why did Linksys do that?
The WTR54GS (which is what I'm looking at) is a compact travel router.
The WRT54GS is a regular router.

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