Airport express as network extension for a time capsule lose connection repeatedly

Hello,
I boght recently two airport express in order to extent my timecapsule wifi. Installation as a network extension was no problem thanks airport software.
But both AP express repeatedly lose connection, sometimes after hours, sometimes after some minutes, even if they are just a few meters away from the time capsule.
What is the reason and what can I do to avoid this annoyingly behaviour?
Thanks for helping!

Hi - it can be used as an wired or wireless extender of your time capsule network or it can just join the network wirelessly and provide a remote ethernet connection - in all cases the USB port can be used for a printer only.

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