Ethernet from AE extender works great. Wireless not so great.

I am using Airport Express to extend the wireless signal from my Airport Extreme. If I connect my computer to the Express, using an Ethernet cable, I get 28MB down. If I stand directly in front of either the Extreme or Express, not connected by ethernet, using wireless, its 7mb download speed. The wireless signal strength is excellent.

Are you sure that your Win7 computer is connecting wirelessly to the Express and not the Extreme when you got these download speed readings?
There may be two issues here: 1) The Express is configured to join the Extreme's Wi-Fi network and not extend it, or 2) Either the distance or Wi-Fi interference between base stations is such that the Express can only rebroadcast the Extreme's network with a much lower bandwidth. Regardless of signal strength.
If you have verified that the Extreme and Express are configured properly for an extended network, then please check out the following AirPort User Tip on optimal placement of the extending base station.

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AirTunes works perfectly when my pc is connected to my router via wireless, but when I am only connected via wired lan, the speakers aren't detected. The Airport Admin Utility also detects my AE via wireless, but via lan I have to use the Other… button and enter its ip address and password (indicating that there is still some kind of connection).
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Turning off Windows firewall makes no difference. Wireless and lan cards are on the same subnet. Airport light is always green.
I have Airport Express v6.3 configured as a client,
D-Link DSL-G604T router (wireless + lan) with latest firmware,
iTunes 7.02.16,
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The forum has been great to get me as far as this (it's been a battle), but I haven't seen anyone with this problem.
Thanks a lot.
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Home Sharing is not working between wireless PC's / devices and ethernet wired PC's on the same router. I installed a new Verizon FIOS ActionTec MI424WR GigE wireless / ethernet router, replacing the original FIOS router. With the old router Home Sharing worked fine across and among all iOS and Windows wired and wireless devices. With the new router Home Sharing works between and among the Wired PC's but not between the wired PC's and the Wireless connected PC's or iOS devices. Home Sharing also works between and among the wireless connected PC's and iOS decices but not between them and the wired PC's.
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Read the router user manual and checked all the settings
Rebooted the router and tested.
Turned off the router's firewall and tested.
Home Sharing is turned on all the devices and all use the same Apple ID.
Restarted iTunes and tested.
Verified iTunes is "Allowed" in each PC's firewall.
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1)used to work just fine with old router
2)airplay works in all directions, from wireless devises to the wired ATV2
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5) however airplay fails to work from itunes to ATV2 over wirelesss
6)all wireless connections are sound, it is not a bandwidth problem, it literally says "connecting to apple tv" and never stops or connects
7)itunes sees the ATV2 just fine over both Ethernet and wireless connections, i can select ATV2 as an output even when on wireless
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Wireless not working after laptop wakes up from sleep mode

After my laptop wakes up from sleep, the wireless network stops. Even when the wireless is enabled, it is unable to scan the wireless networks. In order to make it working again, I have to restart my laptop. Here are some of the details that might be useful.
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0: phy0: Wireless LAN
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Hard blocked: no
1: hci0: Bluetooth
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ether e0:cb:4e:fe:e2:00 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
device interrupt 45
lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 16436 metric 1
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10<host>
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TX packets 336 bytes 26572 (25.9 KiB)
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Dec 9 12:28:12 localhost NetworkManager[745]: <info> (wlan0): deactivating device (reason 'sleeping') [37]
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Dec 9 12:28:12 localhost NetworkManager[745]: <info> (wlan0): cleaning up...
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Dec 9 12:28:25 localhost NetworkManager[745]: <info> (wlan0): preparing device.
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Last edited by geeky_sh (2011-12-09 07:27:37)

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Airport Express
Network:
ADSL router
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+- Airport Express (ethernet to router)
+- Dell laptop (wireless to Airport Express)
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