Connecting two Airport Expresses to extend range, please help!

Hello I have two AX, one which is connected to my broadband modem. I would like to use my 2nd AX to extend the range of my first AX, is there anyway this is possible? I've seen a picture of the opening screen for the Airport Express Setup that there is a box to tick, that allows you to do exactly that, but when I open up my setup, no such option exists for me. Anyhelp would be greatly appreciated. I'm using Mac os 10.4.9 (no leopard, no intel)

Yes that is possible if you configure the 2 AirPort Express (AX) to connect wirelessly using WDS.
KB 107454, Using the AirPort Admin Utility to create a WDS network with multiple base stations

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