Dedicating an Airport Express Remote Base Station to a BB Curve

Hello all,
Please forgive me if this has been answered in another thread. I have been searching for the last week or so and have found that many people are experiencing the same frustration with the BB Curve and H@H (UMA) service. Someone recently suggested that I dedicate the Remote Base Station to my BB Curve so as to grant the UMA a fighting chance (my network consists of one Main and one Remote base station). In other words, the problem, as I understand it, is that UMA/voice data gets kicked off the network in favor of true data. If I can dedicate my extra (remote base station) airport express to my Blackberry, then the UMA should work more reliably.
Sooo...here is my question:
How do I assign my remote base station (set-up through WDS) to serve only my Blackberry Curve? Should I not do this? How do I find my Curve's MAC and IP address? Which address do I need? So on and so forth...
Thank you all who help.
james

No one seems to know what's going on! I'll retract it, then. Thank you for your consideration.

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