Bridging Buffaloes

Hello.
This is my first time with two WIFI routers, Im sorry if his is repetitive to some of you. Here goes...

I have a Buffalo WBMR-G300N that I use as my residential ADSL modem/WIFI router, and I wanted to expand it's footprint around the house, so I got out & bought a Buffalo WHR-HP-G54, hoping to capitalize on the "bridge' feature and Buffalo's AOSS technology to get both up & running with little effort, and enjoy WIFI access all over my house (2 floors, concrete walls, stairway besides the room that holds the -300N.

I tried to follow the instructions regarding AOSS, but no dice...any help would be really appreciated.

Thanks.

Agz

did you make sure the new buffalo would bridge properly w/ your current buffalo? while they're both from the same manufacturer, the models might not be able to physically talk to each other even if they employ aoss. i would verify that that your new buffalo can, in fact, connect to the other one via aoss.

I would suggest looking into the DD-WRT custom firmware which has much stronger protection and better bridging support...

Thanks for the response gents. Here's the status:

AOSS
It is no go, I tried it with two routers but doesn't seem to work, even though I followed the instructions properly.

WDS
Despite it's perceived simplicity, I wasn't able to create a wireless bridge using WDS when following the instructions within the router's utility tools.

DD WRT
I'm not too keen on souping up a newly-unpackaged router with custom-made firmware just yet, and considering im a noob in these things, I don't think I'll manage to pull it off successfully, but if that'll satisfy my bridging needs, I would sure use the help.

My final solution would be to pull an ethernet cable from my office downstairs all the way up to the first floor hallway, and connect the routers so that both the ground and first floor have separate WIFI settings. The advantage to that, i think, is that I can enable WPA2 encryption this way, which according to the documentation, isn't supported with WDS.