Connecting to hotspot from airport extreme base station

I have a macbook and a Dell Inspiron connected to an airport extreme base station (with an antenna located on the mast) which is located on my sailboat. How do I set up the AEBS to connect to Wifi Hotspots so that I can access and print through the AEBS?
Thanks for any help

martinique, Welcome to the discussion area!
It won't work. The AEBS will only join a wireless network if you use WDS and configure the AEBS as a remote or relay station. Unfortunately:
only a very few (less than 7) 3rd party manufacturers support Apple's WDS
to make WDS work, you need to configure the main base station (the one sending the signal) to allow the remote station to connect

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