How far will it reach? (if I add a second base station)

I have a functioning wireless set up in my small house now, with comcast cable connected to an extreme base station, an eMac and my G4 15" powerbook. We have an outbuilding on the property where the kids have a homework area (and where they are out of my hair <G>), and we would like to set them up with a mac mini with internet access. My wireless connection at this point, will only reach about halfway out there, on the patio. The building is roughly 100 feet behind the house. The airport extreme base station is maybe 15-20 feet inside the house from the back door (add to the 100 feet). If I put a second base station inside that back building (or an express?? maybe?), will it allow a mini on the desk inside (which is another 20 feet or so inside the building) to function on the network, and get internet access?
thanks!

It sounds like you could install an AirPort Express
or AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS) on the
patio and reach out to the "outbuilding". You will
need to connect them using WDS.
OK, this doesn't somehow sound right to me... patio... rain.... doesn't seem like a good combination. There is an in between building (in between but not 'blocking' it's to the side of 'line of sight') but it has concrete block walls in at least parts of it, which I’m afraid would interfere too much. How does the signal do trying to penetrate concrete block? And would a directional antenna help?

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