HT1731 "AirPort Express: How to join an existing Wi-Fi network in client mode" = 'Add to an existing network' will not result in pure client mode

Choosing that option will always end-up in extending my wireless network.
What I want to achieve is to just add my AE to the existing WIFI network and to use it for local access like AirPlay or Printing.
No other client e.g. iPhone, iPad etc. should be able to connect to that AE wireless.
So it seems that there's one step missing in that description.
As a last step you need to manually change the set-up so that Network Mode shows 'connect to wireless network'.
Afterwards your AE will be finally in 'Cient Mode'.
I_am_Andy

Thanks you!  Apple's documentation is either contradictory or incomplete.  To configure a factory default AE to "join" a network with
Airport Utility 6, you must first select "Add to an existing network".  That results in the AE extending a network.  Then later, edit the configuration (wireless tab) to specify "join" rather than "extend".
You can "join" a network which has already been extended; this improves the wireless reach, since you can not extend a network which has already been extended.  So you can have:
Apple Extreme  <---->  Apple Express (extending)  <------>  Apple Express (joining)  <-----> ethernet-device

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