Problems switching between 2 wireless routers

I've got a setup with an Airport Extreme and a Netgear WGX102 running in access point mode (it can also function as a full router). The Netgear device is a very cool piece that has a wireless range extender which uses the house electrical wiring to transfer the broadband connection to a remote wireless access point, and works much better the using the Airport Express as a range extender without a hardwire connection to the Extreme. Here is my problem: After initially connecting to the Netgear device, if I move out of it's range and into the Extreme's range and switch to the Extreme, the DHCP addressing works fine and I can connect with no issues; the problem occurs when I move back into range of the Netgear access point; when I switch the Airport connection back to the Netgear, a bogus IP address gets assigned (169.x.x.x), and the only way it can be corrected is to cycle the power on the Netgear access point (plugged into the Extreme's LAN port). If I pull the power on the Netgear and plug it back in while the TCP/IP prefs are open, a good IP address will pop in within seconds. It's a real bummer. This happens on 3 different Powerbooks running Tiger 10.4.1. Nothing I can do in the Network preferences can cause a proper IP address to be assigned. Rebooting doesn't help either. The only fix is to pull the power on the Netgear AP/router. Cycling power on the Netgear extender doesn't help either. One PowerBook can be running fine off the Netgear AP while another that has jumped back and forth can never reestablish a proper IP address until the power cycle takes place. Very frustrating. Any suggestions welcome.
Greg

The Netgear is operating in an access point mode, and does not assign IP addresses on it's own, they're still being served from the Airport. The channels are also different, but I'll have to see if there is an overlap issue. I wasn't aware that you had to use specific channels like that (1, 6, 11). The issue with using the same SSID is that it will make it harder to differentiate which wireless device you're switching to, as you'll see the same name twice in the Airport pulldown. Is there a way to get the Airport connection to switch automatically when you're moving from one to the other based on signal strength?
Thanks.
Greg

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