Wirelessly Bridge TC to dlink router

Is there a way to wirelessly bridge my new TC to a dlink router? I want my tc located in a different room and easiest way other than running LAN cable is to bridge it.

So I tried to set the tc in extended mode and tried to connect to my main wireless router, put the correct password in and everything and it wont extend my main wireless router. Any ideas? Any thing I need to set up differently?

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