TIVO to TIVO and Express

My two Series II TIVOs can see my AP Snow base station, the Internet (connected to my cable router via ethernet), can be see with TIVO Desktop on my iMac and Dell Win XP, but they cannot see each other. I've done all the TIVO things but no joy (used to work in another house and I don't want to move things around in this house).
My AP Express profile works fine for my wireless speakers in the back yard.
I want to setup another profile where the TIVOs will use Express when it is placed next to them. SO far that configuration eludes me.
1. I think I want to set up Express as a remote base station extending the signal so the TIVO's USB adapters get the strongest signal possible. How is this done? Speaker and USB ports will not be used on the Express.
2. I want the TIVO to TIVO transfers to either:
- go through Express wirelessly, if fast enough; or
- use an Ethernet hub attached to the Express and connect the TIVOs to the hub for "a direct hard wire transfer". The TIVOs still need to get to the internet via the AP main base station for their updates.
I'm not sure WDS will work:
- there are two non-Apple) Linksys USB 802.11b and one Dell Mini WiFi 11b adapters) in play.
- can separate WDS and Itunes speaker profiles co-exist?
If WDs will work, how do I set up up? It sounds like a pain to correct if I get it wrong.
Before upgrading to 802.11g, I'm holding out for 11n and mixed adapter support from Apple.
All advice on questions above appreciated. Mike
iMac G4 700Mhz Mac OS X (10.3.9) Fantom Drive Firewire 200GB

Dude,
All I can tell you is how I set it up. I have 2 Macs, a Xbox 360, 2 dual tuner series II TiVos, and a single tuner series II TiVo, all running on a wireless 802.11g network created with a AirPort Extreme and an AirPort Express. I live in a townhouse, so we run 128 bit WEP (since the TiVos won't recognize WPA security) with a 13 digit password (dictated by the Xbox). All TiVos use official TiVo brand 11g USB adapters, and the Xbox uses it's 360 brand adapter. The Express is wirelessly slaved to the Extreme using the AirPort Utility, so I can play my iTunes downstairs on the iMac right next to the Extreme and direct it through the speakers plugged into the Express upstairs. Works like a charm, all the while allowing the transfer of programs recorded on 1 TiVo wirelessly to any other TiVo. The only problem is that the TiVos tend to restart every once and a while. It happens if you leave it alone for a few hours, and then attempt to watch something. If you unplug the wireless adapter it won't restart. TiVo support recognizes the problem and are supposedly working on a fix. They only know it is a problem with wireless adapters so they haven't promised when they will fix it. Any way, I hope this helps.
Oh yeah, I forgot that my wife is also on the network with her piece of crap Dell laptop and a T-Mobile wireless card.

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