Do I want a wireless bridge? Terminology question

Hi I'm not entirely sure of the correct term so here goes. I have wireless internet access and I would like to access it and share it via the airport wirelessly.
At the moment the airport is connected via the ethernet cable but I would like to change the location of the airport as it has my printer and hhd's attached and it's getting a little cluttered beside the phone table!
So do I need to follow the instructions to set up a wireless bridge?
thanks
R

Hello Soaringmonkeyfish. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
To create a wireless bridge with the AirPorts you would configure them in a Wireless Distribution System (WDS). In a WDS, you would typically have one base station connected to the Internet (this would be the main station) and another connected wirelessly to extend it (this would be the remote station). What are the models of AirPorts that you will be using for this? If both are the newer 802.11n version, will all the wireless clients be "n" capable as well?

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