If you are doing this purely to get internet access then G wireless maybe sufficient.. for doing backups to the TC I would definitely agree with Bob. it is too slow. You can buy an Airport Express.. not to expensive as a repeater, or you can get Ethernet over Power EoP adapters.. although I see a few posts of people having issues with these.
As far as WDS setup goes, let me suggest a cheap addition.. buy another A1034 from ebay.. They are like $10 here.. I recently got a couple to create a wireless bridge purely for internet access. Set up the first one plugged into the TC by ethernet in bridge.. and turn on wds with this one as base.. setup wireless name and password.. but make sure security is set to wpa2 personal.. not wpa/wpa2.. that is the bit that took me ages to work out. It simply doesn't work on wpa/wpa2 as it cannot make up its mind. Lock the wireless channel is also essential.. and use a different wireless name and channel to the TC.
Set up the second one as WDS remote.. use the same wireless name and security. You might need to restart them both to make them wake up.. once I got the setup going, it was solid and reliable.. in the airport utility you can open both airports at once and go to the advanced log wireless clients.. and see clients and speed of the network at both ends. For a box released in 2005.. it works extremely well with full wpa2 security.. and for $20 +pp you can build a great wireless bridge albeit only 54g. Plus WDS keeps the ethernet ports active.. unlike Apple's later repeater setup where the ports are turned off.. only you are stuck having a single port.
I found this blog post helpful.
http://www.borrigan.com/itprojects/hello-world/
Absolutely as Bob says.. this is a pain to setup because of the WPA2 security thing.. people miss that.. as does that post. And I used a straight bridge for the main wds.. that makes the whole thing a pick up and plug into any router setup. The first base will get IP from the main router.. when the WDS is created the second base will also get IP from the main router.. then all the clients will.