Using an Airport Extreme with a wireless router

I use to have an original Airport Base station connected to a D-Link DSL504 ADSL Wired Router. All worked well.
Then my basestation died so I upgraded my router to a Netgear DG834GT [108mps] ADSL wireless router. With this router I have never been able to get a full strength signal - even when the router is in the next room and my mac has been no more than twenty ft away.
I am about to move house and where the router will be plugged in will be a floor below one of my computers so I am thinking my signal will not reach my mac [I will test it once I've moved before I rush out and buy anything.] I can turn my wireless signal off of my Netgear so I was wondering if I am able to plug in a new Airport Extreme and use that for the wireless signal? I will plug the computer near my router directly in and then from the router plug in the Airport Extreme.
Does this seem a logical way or can a 'signal enhancer' from Netgear that would do the same thing? I think the usb port for my printer would be of some use for my laser printer.
Thanks.
Mark

Yes, that will work. Just put the AirPort Extreme in 'Bridge Mode" and it will become a wireless node for your wired network.

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Initially home network is not seen on Dell Laptop in
available networks (as expected as it has not been
added to list of available networks and is a "closed"
network)
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iFelix

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See the heading

anchio ho lo stesso problema con Mas Os x 10.7.4
con il sistema 10.5 funziona perfettamente
credo sia un problema del sistema
ho provato con 10.8 stesso problema
ciao

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about 5 minutes, then plug the power cord back to the Airport Extreme and you will see it the light blinking yellow. Wait about 5 to 10 minutes, during this time Restart you IMAC or MacBook Pro, and once it is back up click on the Airport Utility and you should see on the Airport Utility screen.
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On the Linksys there were 3 DNS servers listed.
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