Another Uverse, Apple Extreme Question

Hello,
I've searched but can't find exactly what I'm looking for. I just got Uverse in a new, prewired, home. The Uverse router is in a small box in a closet, the house has wired ethernet ports throughout. The house is actually well covered with wifi by uverse, but I have an extreme and want to a) have extra ethernet plugs in my media room and b) continue having an external harddrive plugged into the extreme for backups from all computers.
I've found several how to's for turning the AP to bridge mode, seems easy enough with it plugged into a Mac. What I what do do though, is plug it into an ethernet port in the wall then be able to plug in Xbox, Blu Ray and cable box into the AP. I'm assuming once I get that setup right i'll be able to use Time Machine backups like I used to through a USB hard drive?
I do want to have the AP extend the wifi network, don't really need it, but I have it so is there any reason not to? The uverse installer said all of the ethernet ports are active.
Thanks for any advice and if this setup has already been covered please point me in the right direction. I think the wrinkle I'm facing is the ethernet wiring and not being able to plug the AP into the 2Wire directly.
Thanks!

Tesserax, I really appreciate all of the feedback. Perhaps I should back up a step and explain my system and what I am trying to do.
My home is prewired with ethernet throughout. The box in the closet where all of the cables go has the Uverse equipment. The Uverse router is g, very slow in some areas (less than half what I'm paying for) and really needs at least another router to extend the network to the far side of the house.
Perfect setup would be to be able to get n speeds and coverage and setup an additional airport express to extend coverage to my patio. I don't have much room left in the smart box closet so I would like to setup the AP extreme by plugging into an ethernet outlest elsewhere in the house but I could cram it in with the Uverse equipment if I had to. The uverse router and switch are both full if that matters.
I think I overcomplicated matters with the switch discussion. I really didn't know what that was, but having researched more I think that is a separate matter which I'll just get 1 or 2 gigabit switches and install behind my home theater equipment to get access for apple tv's, blu ray, cable box, etc.
Thanks again for so much help.

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