Airport Extreme v Airport Express / PS3

Just bought a PLay station 3 and currently have an airport express to connect to the internet wirelessly.
I would like a wired connection to get online for PS3.
Do I need to get the airport extreme? Also, will I be able to stream music from my imac through the airport extreme?
Thanks

You would need to connect your AirPort Express (AX) to the AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS) either wirelessly or via Ethernet.

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    Message was edited by: thestaton

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