AE 802.11n working with earlier AE 802.11b

I am running my imac and non-mac laptops through the 802.11b and have purchased the 802.11n. Is it possible to hookup the 802.11n in another room (2nd floor) and pickup a signal or is it better to use the 802.11n as the main AE and hookup the 802.11b as a secondary...

NU-Mac boy, Welcome to the discussion area!
The 802.11b base station is not an AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS). The 802.11b base stations were the graphite AirPort base station (ABS) and dual-Ethernet (aka 'snow') ABS.
Neither of the 802.11b ABSs will wirelessly extend an AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS).

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