Can i connect to the ethernet cable on a 2nd airport express

i have a wireless network setup from my cable box with an airport express (thru ethernet, of course).
i have a SECOND AE extending the network.
can i connect my roku box to the 2nd AE's ethernet port? will it make any difference? (as opposed to the roku box, used for netflix, picking up it's signal wirelessly).
trying to make this work as best i can, since my TV is not close to the internet connection...

can i connect my roku box to the 2nd AE's ethernet port?
Yes
will it make any difference? (as opposed to the roku box, used for netflix, picking up it's signal wirelessly).
Probably not, since the AirPort Express is picking up its signal via wireless.
The same signal just appears at the Ethernet port. If anything, the signal at the Ethernet port will have a bit less bandwidth than the wireless signal since the Express must convert from wireless to Ethernet...and you always lose something in the conversion process.
Normally, you would use the Ethernet port if a device did not have wireless capability.

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