I'm looking to extent my wireless network.

I have a wireless network running off an airport extreme. Can I use an airport express as a remote base station rather than using another airport extreme. I will be needing to share the internet by ethernet from this remote base station and will also be plugging in a USB hardrive. The remote base station though will need to connect via the wireless network from the airport extreme.
I currently have a ethernet printer and a network HDD (used as my timecapsule backup drive) hanging off the extreme all of which works well.
cheers

You cannot use an Airport Express with a USB hard drive. Only printers are supported. You can extend a wireless network, however, as long as the Airport Express is in range of the AEBS.

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