Using a second router with airport extreme

I have hooked up a second router to my airport extreme for the purpose of providing more ethernet ports. When I do this I disable the wifi on the second router and place it in a bridge mode to let the airport do DHCP.
However none of the PC's in the house can access the internet when plugged into this second router. My mac can access the internet through this second router, however. If I enable the second router's distributions of DHCP, the PC's can access the internet. I an certain this is wrong, however because if my mac is hooked up to this second router my "back to my mac tab" in System Preferences > Mobile me gives me the Double NAT error.
I have tried two different routers attached to the Airport Extreme with the same results. What do you think?

I don't think it needs to be spinning all the time, others disagree with me, whatever is the correct answer it doesn't matter as there is no way to stop it. Hopefully we will at least have the option at some time in the future to let it spin down.

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Can this work?
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That information is not correct.
If the AirPort Extreme is already set up as your "main" router, you would connect a short Ethernet cable from one of the LAN <-> ports on the Extreme to the power line adapter.
Locate another adapter in the area where you want to use the AirPort Express and connect a short Ethernet cable from the adapter to the Express.
Configure the Express to "create a wireless network" using the same wireless network name, same security settings and and same password as the AirPort Extreme network and select the Bridge Mode setting for the Express so that it work correctly on the network.

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Hi,
I'm sorry if this question has been asked before...I couldn't find it if it has!
I currently have a Draytel 2800VG router for my internet connection, and connect my family Windows desktop and my MBP through it no problem. I use this router because it has telephone ports for VOIP (the SIP settings are in the router).
I would like to buy an Airport Extreme so I get the benefit of the faster wireless speeds on my MBP. I will obviously then connect my desktop to the AE by cable.
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I assume the airport extreme setup allows me to specify that it's a 'bridge'?
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Dear Bob and Everybody,
Today, my brother purchased an Airport Extreme and I would like to replace our D-Link router in my home network with it. Could you kindly advise what I should do to achieve that.
Old Network:
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New network (Ideally):
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My brother did the configuration and I do not uderstand why he thinks that the D-Link router should be on when he's already configured the Extreme into the network.
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OK noted.
I think we will keep the old network but use the Extreme to pickup the signal from the router and extend the distribution coverage because some parts of our home have very weak signal. So, is the following achievable with an Extreme?
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     |                      |
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Any help would be greatly appreciated...I haven't been wired and years, slightly unsettling!
Thanks!

Okay I got it. I couldn't get an IP address and so I found another discussion. One person said to do this:
The "Limited or No Connectivity" indication is because the network adapter has failed to get its IP address by DHCP from the router and Windows has defaulted to allocating a "169.254" IP address.
Try repairing the TCP/IP stack and Winsock. Open a Command Prompt window ("Start > Run", type cmd and click OK).
To repair the TCP/IP stack, at the prompt, type...
netsh int ip reset resetlog.txt
...and press Enter
(note the spaces in the command line). The original prompt will reappear.
To reset Winsock entries, at the prompt, type...
netsh winsock reset catalog
...and press Enter
Exit the Command Prompt window and reboot the PC.
Well that did it! Off I go!

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Sorry for your frustrations, hopefully it's just a rinky-**** setting and not your router!
1st thing - while you have any connection, you should use Software Update to update to Leopard 10.5.2. if you haven't already done so.
2nd - If you goto Apple Menu > System Preferences > Network you will see a list of your Network "Services." If you are using PPPoE via your DSL Router, then all you need is Built-In Ethernet or Airport to obtain an DHCP IP Address. This sounds like your config right now and it works, but times out.
3rd - While in the Network preferences, I want to show you something: click on Built-in Ethernet once. Then, you will see an Advanced button in the lower-right corner. Click it. Now click the PPP tab and you will see settings. DO NOT change anything - I'm only showing you what I mean by, "Connect automatically when needed, etc." These type of settings should also correspond to your Router.
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