Extend a network Airport express and Airport Extreme

A very straight forward setup. I simply want to extend my Airport Extreme network with the Express. I use the airport utility. It finds the express and says that it has extended the network. However, later when I check the wireless options of the express, it is setup as a Create a Network.
The two are connected via ethernet. Not sure why its saying that. If I mannually then change it to extend a network, it doesn't show me the home network. I enter it mannualy and update it. It doesn't behave nicely.
Am I doing something wrong here ?
Thanks.

I use the airport utility. It finds the express and says that it has extended the network. However, later when I check the wireless options of the express, it is setup as a Create a Network.
"Create a wireless network" is the correct setting to extend the network when the AirPort is connected to the main router using a wired Ethernet connection.
"Extend a wireless network" would be the correct setting only if the AirPort Express is connected to the main router using wireless only, not Ethernet.

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