How to extend your network with 4 units of airport, which setup to use?

Hey. I got a Time Capsule, a Airport Extreme base station N and 2 Airport Express N.
I got my time capsule as the main wireless, im using 5ghz n ONLY. I got the time capsule on my office. The Airport extreme are in the beginning of my living room, the 2 express are in the corners. How should I set it up? I want the best performance/speed. Right now they all connecting to my wireless network (timecapsule i guess or would it connect to the nearest one?), not as extended, just to a wireless network.
I hope there someone who can help me at this.

How should I set it up? I want the best performance/speed.
Run Ethernet cable from the LAN ports on the Time Capsule to the AirPort Express (AX), and 2 AirPort Express (AX). That will give you the best performance/speed.
The AEBS and 2 AX would then be configured to create a wireless network and to act as bridges (not sharing a single IP address).

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