ATV, a wireless base station?

Last night, I installed my first ATV and I love it. I still have an Airport Express connected to my AV receiver to play my iTunes music. My PS3 game console is connected to the Internet via this Airport Express with an Ethernet cable.
Could I remove the Airport Express by connecting the PS3 into the Ethernet port of the ATV? Or is this port only to connect the ATV to a network?
Christian

you could use ATV for your music and play it through your stereo. ATV does not provide the functions of a normal router. It accepts sync or stream using itunes to the computer you point ATV.

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