Need advice on Wifi setup

I need some advice on the best wifi setup to use for my house's configuration.
Currently I have cable internet coming in at one end of the house downstairs. I have an Airport Express (circa 2010) connected directly to the cable modem. On the second floor on the complete opposite side of the house is my bedroom/office. I have an Airport Extreme (2011 5th generation) set up to extend the wireless network.
This has worked fine and we have not had any problems connecting any of our wireless devices to the network.
I also have the airport express set up to use dyndns with a domain name I own so that I can remotely access my network at work.
I have just added a new mac mini to the mix to replace an aging and antiquated Windows Home Server. I want to administer all the user's (6 kids) in the house, manage photo and itunes libraries and eventually set up a webserver and allow remote access to our home computers.
So my question is this....is there a better way to configure the airport devices? I would prefer to have the cable modem connected directly to the airport extreme, but then I would be wasting the USB and gigabit ethernet ports as the location of the cable modem is in our living room with no electronic devices in sight. Since my primary connection for my main computer and the new mac mini is through the airport extreme connected wirelessly to the airport express, I am thinking the express could be the bottleneck. Would spending the cash on a 2nd Airport Extreme to replace the Airport Express be beneficial or just a waste of money?
Thanks.
Brian

Yes, I had considered running an etherent cable to the bedroom, but my wife doesn't like the idea of seeing the cable snaking through hallways.
In the bedroom, I have connected the imac, mac mini and the AEBS with etherent cable. It's just my connection to the internet that does not have the benefit of ethernet, although the speed I get from my cable internet is much slower than the wifi connection.
I would eventually like to move the cable modem upstairs and use the AEBS as the primary base station and the AX downstairs to extend my wireless network. However, there is an issue in that the cable modem has to be the only device on the cable connection and I am currently using the cable connection to carry my DISH Network signal and basic cable signal to the bedroom.
I guess my question really boils down to this...Would an AE in place of the AX give a stronger signal to the 2nd AE in the bedroom. I will turn off the AE tonight and see what kind of a signal I get from the AX downstairs. I haven't tried it, but I suppose I could also move the Airport Extreme (5th Gen) downstairs and hook it directly to the cable modem and not even use the AX because the signal from the new AE should be as good or better than last year's AX - but then I would lose the gigabit ethernet between those devices - which is why I haven't done that yet.
I could also drop the $$$ on a Time Capsule for the bedroom and use it for all my backups (but that's kinda what I'm hoping to do with the mac mini) and move the AE downstairs to the cable modem.
Decisions, decisions.

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Does that make sense?
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iPhoNettie wrote:Apple Genius-tried syncing thru ethernet cable
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I've spent hours with this 32gb ATV to just load and it's been nothing but long hours.
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Is this telling me I don't need Comcast's wifi to connect the 2? ATV/MacPro only for loading ATV.
Can ATV connect it's path directly to MacPro's Airport? Skipping Comcast's wifi.
I guess my final question is/ can ATV connect to MacPro with only angry twisted copper wire?
Also, is there any advantage with MacPro on ethernet cable and Airport on at the same time?
I see no results either way.
I hope my versing is with some accuracy.
I'm not up on the latest politically correct lingo.
For sure of one thing, a 1Tb drive is on it's way for a new mission.
For the first time, I'm viewing trailers on ATV, and I have Airport shut off on MacPro.
This is good. I was afraid up to this point.
Thanks'

Alley_Cat wrote:
Yes they should provided you've registered the AppleTv to sync with iTunes on the Mac Pro account - do you remember setting AppleTV to connect to iTunes by entering a 5 digit code in iTunes from AppleTV?
Yes, I have performed all the loading of ATV by wireless from iTunes from the MacPro.
This simple ethernet connection should just work to sync from previous reports.
This will be great. The main reason is to take ATV to the cabin or shop with no internet access.
This should work if all you're doing is syncing and then putting the AppleTv back where you want to use it.
However, if you want to connect by ethernet all the time, then the direct connection to the Mac Pro will not allow AppleTV to access the internet for various store/photo/YouTube features or to authorise playback of some iTunes Store material/rentals etc, unless you've configured internet sharing over the Mac Pro ethernet port and the Mac Pro is connected to the internet either via it's other ethernet port or wireless.
Thank You, it's not a priority to access these features with ATV.
Your best bet is to have AppleTv connect to a router to see the internet itself and to see the Mac Pro on the local network.
Great, and I really appreciate your quick reply.
Have a Great Day.
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