My
AirPort Express arrived today after more than a month waiting.
Although it is only supposed to support WDS with other Airports,
Ars Technica pointed out that using a Linksys WRT54G with
modified firmware also worked - Thank you Ars!!!
It took longer than it should have for me to figure out how to upgrade the firmware on my Linksys router, but I managed. Then I setup the Express in "Bridge Mode" which really uses WDS for the connection so that the other doesn't have to be setup as a bridge (it can continue to act as a regular AP/Router); very nice.
I then made share that I could share my Lexmark printer over the network - everything worked as advertised. Tomorrow, when I'm not so tired, I'll see if I can connect ethernet devices on the Apple side of the bridge, as this is the main reason that I wanted it. If not, no big deal, I have another WRT54G laying here, I can update its firmware and it will work correctly with the ethernet devices.
Not bad for two hours of work.
