TC & Linkys together for Wifi Network?

Ok so I have a wireless router (a 2.4GB) Linksys WRT54G hooked up to the cable modem in our house on the first floor. I use a hardwire ethernet cable to connect that to my G5 iMac. I just recently purchases a 1st generation 500GB Time Capsule. What I would like to do is put it upstairs so that I can hook up my old iMac g4 (the one that looks like a lampshade) and my wife PC laptop using a ethernet could up there. So I want the wireless network downstairs to connect to the TC upstairs to accomplish this. I;ve been trying for hours and can't seem to get it to work. All I get is a yellow blinking light. Can anyone show me how to do this? or is it not possible?

Creating a Wireless Distribution System (WDS), aka, extending a wireless network wirelessly between an AirPort and a non-AirPort product is extremely limited. Meaning that very very few devices are WDS-compatible with the AirPorts ... other than other AirPorts, of course.
The Linksys WRT54G happens to be one of those very few, but to date I am only aware of folks who have been successful in setting up a WDS between the Linksys and the older 802.11g AirPort Express Base Station. If you do a search on the Internet, using terms like: Linksys AirPort WDS, you will find at least a dozen articles of folks who have had success doing so.
There are also a number of Apple Discussions treads on this as well.
Here are a few to get you started:
o How to extend your Linksys WRT54G with AE
o Linksys WRT54G and WDS
o Extend a Linksys WRT54G network via AirPort Express
o Linksys WRT54G, Airport Express, and WDS

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