3 itunes express & IMac g5 as base station?

just Trying to get itunes into 3 rooms no internet or ethernet etc.. I have a Imac g5 and 3 airport express with itunes. I Can get 2 to work but third still seems to be out of range.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. i see you can use the devices as WDS but not sure of the configuration and if my Imac g5 should be my main base station for some reason it is not in my list of choices.
My dining room express which works is set up as my main base station for the network i called itunes.
Thank you

Here's some information on creating a WDS network.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107454

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