Does airport express have to be wired to the internet

I have a new BT Infinity HomeHub and I want to extend the range of it's wireless capabilities using an airport express, in another room/part of the house. I want to know if in order to use this airport express as a bridge to extend the internet I have to plug it into the internet directly via an ethernet cable or just plug it into a wall and it will wirelessly connect and boost my signal stregnth. Thanks.

Karen534 wrote:
I have a new BT Infinity HomeHub and I want to extend the range of it's wireless capabilities using an airport express, in another room/part of the house. I want to know if in order to use this airport express as a bridge to extend the internet I have to plug it into the internet directly via an ethernet cable or just plug it into a wall and it will wirelessly connect and boost my signal stregnth. Thanks.
You wil need to connect it to your HomeHub with a Cat5 cable, it will not extend wirelessly.

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