Am i asking too much from my airport express?!

I have a belkin wireless ADSL router set up so that I can use my laptop anywhere in the house. I also wanted to print from anywhere and listen to iTunes on the stereo downstairs. Airport Express seemed perfect. I set it up as a client no problem and I can print and listen to music fine.
BUT I also have an X-box downstairs and wanted to connect it to the internet using the ethernet port on airport express. Didn't work. (hard-wiring it to the router works fine by the way)
Am I simply trying to get my airport express to do too much? Is there a way round this?
Thanks
Dan
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If you have a router that supports WDS, that doesn't automatically enable it. If you are connecting by using "Join existing network" the ethernet port always gets disabled.
Once you set up the router to use WDS by going to the WDS tab, which will be available once you change "Join network" to "Create new network" (I know, this is a bit misleading, but it's what you need to do.). You might need to add the MAC address manually, but you can try searching for your base station.
Even after you have a WDS set up, you might still need to enable the ethernet port by going to the "base station options" and turning it on. It should default to on though.

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