Express - "boosting" Netgear signal, and printing wirelessly?

Hi, all:
A buddy of mine has asked me to ask the following for him (and I have similar issues myself). He's using WinXP Home with a Netgear dg834pn router. He's bought an AirPort Express to use when he's on the road, but he wants to know if he can use his AP Express at home to "boost" the signal he gets from his Netgear router. Is this possible, and what must he do?
Second, Giovanni would like to know whether or not he can print wirelessly (via the AP Express's USB port) if he is somehow able to get his AP Express to "boost" the Netgear router's signal. I told him I thought that he could do so only if he replaced the Netgear router with the AP Express altogether, but I'm not really sure. Hence, my questions.
Oh, and I assume that if he can get his AP Express to "boost" or "bridge" the Netgear signal, he should also be able to play his iTunes from his laptop, correct?
Sorry for the newb-like questions.
TIA,
Bill J.

talltenor wrote:
A buddy of mine has asked me to ask the following for him (and I have similar issues myself). He's using WinXP Home with a Netgear dg834pn router. He's bought an AirPort Express to use when he's on the road, but he wants to know if he can use his AP Express at home to "boost" the signal he gets from his Netgear router. Is this possible, and what must he do?
No this is not possible with a Netgear router.
You can not use an Airport Express to "boost" or "extend" a Netgear wireless network. It is possible to configure the Airport Express to join the network as a client.
Second, Giovanni would like to know whether or not he can print wirelessly (via the AP Express's USB port)
In client mode, he can get the Airport Express to join the existing wireless network (as a client) and then he will be able to print via a shared printer and stream AirTunes from his iTunes.
What is client mode?
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=108040
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