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I have a desktop computer with a non-mac OS (it currently runs windows XP HomeEd, but I'm about to replace/add Ubuntu) which I can't connect to my home network (again, the router is not a mac product): I don't have an ethernet cable where it currently is and it doesn't have a wireless connection option. I do however have an Airport Express and I wanted to know if it was possible to use it as an "antennae" to set a wireless connection to my network.

I mean, the idea would be something like this:

PC <--(ethernet)--> Airport express <--(wireless)--> Router

EDIT: It CAN be done. I was not allowed to touch a lot of things in the router/network, but I managed to configure the Airport without changing things in the current network. I had to set the ip manually but it is currently working.

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The official word seems to be that the router needs to be Airport Express or Airport Extreme (or, presumably, Time Capsule). Searching around, some folks are reporting success when the router is a WRT54G. Either way, you'll need the Apple Airport Utility to set it up initially which itself will require OS-X or Windows.

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I do have a macbook if it is only required to set it up. Do these people left a guide in a webpage or something like it?? (I really don't know a lot about routers; mine is a TRENDnet TEW-432BRP = ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41sSsUf4TLL._SL500_AA300_.jpg) – Nordico Aug 20 '11 at 0:05
Since you have all the pieces, see if you can set up the AE to bridge your existing wifi to it's own ethernet port. Worst case is it doesn't work. – JRobert Aug 20 '11 at 16:47

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