Extend Airport Express N To act as Lan

I have an newer Airport Extreme Dual Band N and a Airport Express N. I am trying to extend the WiFi network, and hook up my Dish network receiver to the Express so that it has internet access. I have tried all sorts of different configurations, but I can't seem to get it right. Is this possible, and if so, how do I do it. Thanks.

Welcome to the discussions forum Big lue.
If I understand you correctly, you want the Express to serve as a remote Ethernet port for your Dish receiver. Yes, that is possible, provided your Express is within your Extreme's wireless network's reception range.
Configure the Express to join your wireless network created by your Extreme. Use Airport Utility and select the Express. Airport pane > Wireless tab > Wireless Mode: "Join a wireless network".
Select your wireless network and click the box "allow Ethernet clients".
Enter your wireless network security settings.
The Internet pane will then display "Configure Using Wireless Network". For "Configure IPv4" select "using DHCP".
Restart.
In this configuration, it is not possible to use the Express to "extend" the wireless network so it acts as an access point for wireless clients. You may however think of it as "extending" your wireless network to your Dish receiver, via Ethernet. The terminology may have led to some confusion.

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This forum seems to indicate that you can only use WDS between the newer AEX (n) and the older AEX (b/g)
This is correct....since the older b/g Express does not even have a setting to "extend a wireless network".
If you require confirmation, open AirPort Utility, select the b/g Express, click Manual Setup
Click the Wireless tab below the row of icons
Now look at the available settings for Wireless Mode.
"Extend a wireless network" is not there.
but the folks at the Apple Store have told me twice now not to use WDS.
They are likely telling you not to use it because the performance on your network will drop dramatically if you do use WDS. Or, they mean well, but they are just wrong on this subject. Here's why:
The only way that you can use an older "g" and newer "n" device together to provide more wireless coverage is to configure both devices for WDS. It's a Catch 22.
WDS operates only at "g" wireless levels. So when you configure the newer "n" Express to operate as part of the WDS (which you must), it becomes a "g" wireless device. You lose any "n" capability on the network
Worse still, every "remote" or "relay" in a WDS setup cuts the bandwidth of the entire network in half...50%. That's huge. In effect, with WDS, you may have a bit more wireless coverage, but you will have a "g" wireless network that operates at half speed.
but when I click on the Airport Symbol w/the Option key it tells me the MAC address of the base station only - and when I get very far from the base station, the signal drops out even though the remote AEX is near by.
The remote AX is not providing any additional wireless coverage.
They said that as long as the two devices have green lights that it is working
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I did Google and try to get it working at home - but I can't get it to work. I want to be able to walk in my house without my iPhone/iPad loosing the Wi-Fi signal because now there is downstairs and a upstairs wi-fi network.
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Data links between a pair of express can be very tricky.
I find in my setup that I do need to restart the remote unit every couple of days.
But you need to take control of the system.. to make it as stable as you can. Apple have channels set to auto but also band swapping can take place.
Where you are in a situation where the system becomes unstable step in and take more control.
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AX1 say for base name. (second one will be AX2.)
I recommend using different wireless names.. others will disagree but I find it helps.
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If 5ghz doesn't work well then you will need to stick with 2.4ghz.
Some strange effects come out of all this.. but it is well worth a try.
I have noted when replying to this question.. several times.. that a v5 airport utility makes this easier as it shows more info.. link speed. Apple removed so much info in v6 utility to make your mac look like an ipad.. that it is a shame to call it a utility.. more like a toybox. So if you can possibly run v5 utility do so and you will then be able to track exactly link speeds.
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