Express used as extender, can I run ethernet out?

I'm wanting to get a TV for my bedroom upstairs. I already have a new Airport Express up there working as a network extender. I was wondering if I can run an ethernet cable from the Express to the TV or Bluray player so I can watch Hulu, etc?

Bob,
I'd like to further clarify -or- ask a similar question...
You said that both ports on a 'new' Express will extend Ethernet. This must be when the Express is connected wirelessly, right? (Otherwise the WAN port would have a cable in it already)
What about a hard-wired setup?...
I am planning to extend my Extreme's wi-fi, by Ethernet cable, to a new Express in the basement. (FaceTime with grandparents drops out in the kids playroom down there). This should be dead easy, your posted method seems to be very popular. However, I only have a single cat6 running to the basement, currently into an appleTV3. I will have to unplug the aTV, and plug that cable into the Express's WAN port, to make this happen.
I would rather not connect the aTV thru wi-fi. I am expecting that I will be able to patch the aTV into the Express's remaining LAN <-> port and the aTV will continue to work, as if nothing has changed...except for good wi-fi now in the basement. Essentially, cable-wise, the Express will act as a single port switch. (Extreme will DHCP the Express; and will also DHCP the Express's <-> port)
Otherwise, I will have to use a 4port switch...first... and then connect both Express and aTV into that. <yuk>
(I just feel that connecting backbone network components directly to the Extreme is better than having a switch in the way)
Bob, can you confirm that the Express will 'pass-thru' any Ethernet cable connection? (IP addressing isn't really a biggie, whoever does it, I can bundle a fixed range if need be)
Thanks for your guidance,
Eric

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How did you accomplish this? Normally, you cannot extend the network of a non-Apple router. Read the following from Bob Timmons:
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As stated in title. I want to access Netflix but my TV requires ethernet connection. I would like to use Express to repeat Exreme sigal and then to TV via Ethernet. I only have one access point in house for cable modem so I'm using Extreme to broadcast though house. Will need to be able to input network key for Extreme secure network. Thank you.
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Hi, I run a small motel and I am trying to extend the wireless network from the office to the rooms in the next building.
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I am using a Linksys wired router as the beginning of my home network. There is an ethernet cable running from it through a wall to the Xbox 360 and an Airport Express serving as the base for the wireless network. I have an iBook on the other side of the wall and about 10 feet and an iMac about 20 feet with one wall in between. These two have some fluctuation in their signal but only between 4 bars and 3. I just got an iPad 2 and it is causing me grief because it struggles to maintain a connection just another 10 feet from the iBook. If I put it next to the iMac when it has full 4 bars the iPad gets maybe 2. The iPad has full bars if next to the router. That kind of defeats the purpose of buying an iPad. So, my question is how to rearrange the network so the iPad is happy in the living room where I mostly use it. I had considered moving the iMac and using it as a base station to free the Airport Express for other duty but where I want to move it is further away from the living room. Right now the Airport is wired to the router. Is this necessary for it to be a part of the network? I know I can use it to get music from iTunes to speakers but would that placement also work as a wireless extender? Would just buying another router for the Xbox location and putting the Airport there also be a better solution?

ladybastet, let's clean up some terminology. You should designate only one router for your network. At present that is the Linksys. Your wireless access point is the Express, and it gets its network connection from the Linksys. Is that correct?
If I put it next to the iMac when it has full 4 bars the iPad gets maybe 2. The iPad has full bars if next to the router.
Now that you know your Linksys is the router, is the above correct? Unless the Linksys is also a wireless access point, the iPad's proximity to it will not matter. Only its proximity to the device creating the wireless network is a factor. In your case, I believe that is the Express.
There is an ethernet cable running from it through a wall to the Xbox 360 and an Airport Express serving as the base for the wireless network.
I'm not sure I understand. Is one Ethernet cable going to two places? What is it connected to, precisely?
Right now the Airport is wired to the router. Is this necessary for it to be a part of the network?
In the case of a wired router, yes.
I'm wondering if you have things configured properly, particularly if you have configured the iMac to share its network connection over AirPort. I'm even wondering if your iPad has unintentionally joined a neighbor's wireless network.
I had considered moving the iMac and using it as a base station to free the Airport Express for other duty but where I want to move it is further away from the living room.
Using the iMac to share a wired Ethernet connection to create its own wireless network is certainly possible, but it is less than ideal. For one, the iMac would have to be powered on all the time.
You do not need or want another router.
It is impossible for me to be certain of your network environment (meaning, the size and configuration of your home, the proximity of competing wireless networks, the number of network devices, and the potential for interference) but you might be better off replacing the wired Linksys router with an AirPort Extreme. That would give you the ability to create a "roaming network" or to use your Express to extend the Extreme's wireless network. I think this would be the easiest solution, but given the uncertainly of your description this expense may not be necessary.
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Is there a way to turn the wireless capabilities off on an AirPort Express? I have an AirPort Extreme as my main router and use the express to just extend it. I only really want to you use the express for hard ethernet connections.
It appears that your networking goals with the AirPort Express is to use it as a wireless Ethernet bridge instead of using it to extend the wireless range of your AirPort Extreme. The latter requires that the Express Wi-Fi radios be enabled.
If you intended to use the Express as a wireless bridge, you just need to reconfigure it to "Join a wireless" network instead of "Extend a wireless network."
For whatever reason when I have my express extend my wifi at home the download speed from just the express is absolutely terrible, drops to about 1.5 mb compared to when it's on the extremes part of the network the speed goes up to 50-75mb.
In an extended network, the placement of the extending base station is critical as it can only extend the wireless network at the bandwidth at which it receives it.
Please check out the following AirPort User Tip for details on optimal base station placement.

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