WDS with Airport Express & network hard drive

I am considering getting an extra Airport Express BS to improve range of my current AX-based network. At the same time, I'm considering getting a network hard drive for everyone in the house to use for shared stuff. If I got this presumably I could connect it via USB to the new AX base station. Is this right? Is it sensible?
Also, why don't I ditch the Apple products and get just one Belkin Wireless G+ MIMO Router F5D9230 with its claimed 1000 ft. of wireless range? Any views?
Thanks
D

the usb port is for a printer, so it would not give network access to a hard drive connected to it (you need to connect the drive to a mac and share it from there)
the belkin will only give significantly extended range with matching mimo cards in the client devices, so you'd need to do more than replace the ax with the belkin
given that apple is already shipping hardware with next generation wireless chipsets (but no software to use the extra features) you might want to wait and see what apple does in january

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