Airport Express acts as ethernet connection?

I have an older Airport Express (~3 years) that I've been using to stream iTunes to my stereo. That was working great until iTunes version 8 and the 6.3 Airport update, but that's a different post.
My question is this: Is the ethernet port on the airport express only used to update software from your computer?
What I want to do is connect my new Sony BluRay player to it so it can access BD-Live (I think that's what it's called) and the Internet.
The BluRay player doesn't recognize it.
Thoughts?

In order to enable the AirPort Express Base Station's (AX) Ethernet port to provide Internet access, the AX will need to be reconfigured as remote base station in a Wireless Distribution System (WDS).
(ref: Using the AirPort Admin Utility to create a WDS network with multiple base stations)

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