Shared PC stuff dissappears when using Airport anything.

I have a cable modem hooked to a Linksys router and switch. Several PC's sharing disks and printers are hooked to the switch. When I plug my Mac directly into the switch it 'sees' the shared disks on the PC's but not the printer (another topic). When I unplug the Mac and put the same wire into my new Airport Extreme instead, the Mac hooks up to the internet fine, but the shared disks from the PC's are gone. Is it a port issue and on the AE or the Linksys? I swear I'm a dummy at this.
I love my new Macbook Pro, but there are still a few things to do.
1. Can see shared pc drives but not if using Airport Extreme or Express to connect to my home network.
2. USB drive works only when plugged into Mac. Not when plugged into PC or Airport Extreme.
3. Shared printers on the PC's can't be found by the Mac no matter what I try.
Maybe this isn't all for this topic, but then again, maybe they are related.
Mac newbie, MissMyApple][+ (it's in a box in the attic)
Thanks in advance for any help.

When I unplug the Mac and put the same wire into my new Airport Extreme instead, the Mac hooks up to the internet fine, but the shared disks from the PC's are gone. Is it a port issue and on the AE or the Linksys?
In this network configuration, you, effectively, have two routers, the Linksys and the AEBS...which will create two networks, and why your Mac can't "see" the PCs. To fix this, you just need to set up the AEBS as a bridge so that it acts like a wireless access point.
To set up the AEBS as a bridge, temporarily connect your computer directly (using an Ethernet cable) to one of the LAN port of the AEBS, and then, using the AirPort Utility (found in /Applications/Utilities), make these settings:
Internet - Internet Connection tab
- Connection Sharing: Act as a bridge
- Click Update to apply the new settings.

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