Airport extreme and a second router

I have an airport extreme upstairs in my office with attached NAS drives. Downstairs in the family room I have 3 devices that need to be networked (tivo HD, Xbox & sling). It is near impossible to run any CAT-5 cable from the upstairs AE to the downstairs devices so I am planning on using a network powerline adapter (Netgear model xe102g) to make the connection. Once I have the network powerline connection downstairs in the family room I need a router/switch to connect the 3 devices. I have an old D-link wireless router (model DI-524) with 1 WAN port and 4 LAN ports. I do not need the wireless connection (although it wouldn't hurt to have) all I really need is for this D-Link router to act like a switch. These are my questions: Do I need to disable DHCP on the downstairs D-Link router? If so, will each device have its own IP address or will I have to assign them manually? Do I connect the receiving powerline adapter into the WAN or LAN port of the D-Link?
Also, off the subject - how do I determine the IP address of my laptop and of the USB external Hard Drive I have connected to my AE?
Thanks

Do I need to disable DHCP on the downstairs D-Link router?
Yes
If so, will each device have its own IP address or will I have to assign them manually?
They will all get IP address from the AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS).
Do I connect the receiving powerline adapter into the WAN or LAN port of the D-Link?
Probably LAN port.

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