Need help setting everything up!!

Whats up everyone!!
i recently picked up an Airport extreme base station(new model) and i also have the older cone shaped airport extreme as well.
i have verizon dsl and a westell 327 w from them for the dsl
i am planning on hooking up these components:
2 ps3's (wireless)1 upstairs, 1 downstairs
1 dell desktop (wired directly not wirelessly)
1 vista laptop (wireless)
1 dell inspiron 6000 laptop (wireless)
1 Wii- nintendo
1 printer
1-2 harddrives
Should i use the AE base station (new one) connected directly to the dsl modem, (or maybe the cone shaped one because the new one will do better downstairs?)
i was also wondering if i could connect the cone shaped older one up as either a relay or as a remote (whats the difference?) so that i can stream stuff easier throughout the house?
or would it be better to use the AE cone upstairs and the new flat one downstairs ?
or do i need to even include the older AE cone shaped one at all?
I just want to make sure there is no lag between the desktop pc and the ps3's due to streaming movies, music, and photos. so it would be nice to have one on each floor for wirless.
how many hardrives i can connect and see on the netwok?
do i need bonjour on each computer? if so how does that workd for the ps3's?
can you connect a wired device to a relay or remote by wire and have it work, or is it just for wireless?
I know its a lot but i am new (again) to the mac side of things!!
cant wait to upgrade to a mac desktop though, if i ever get the money!!
Thanks
J2048b
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j2048b, Welcome to the discussion area!
Should i use the AE base station (new one) connected directly to the dsl modem, (or maybe the cone shaped one because the new one will do better downstairs?)
Connect the new one directly to the DSL modem if you need more than one Ethernet LAN port there or if you are only going to use one of the base stations. Otherwise it doesn't matter.
i was also wondering if i could connect the cone shaped older one up as either a relay or as a remote (whats the difference?) so that i can stream stuff easier throughout the house?
You can do this by configuring the one connected directly to the DSL modem to act as a WDS main and the other to act as a WDS remote. The bad news is that WDS imposes a heavy bandwidth penalty and the maximum bandwidth you would get is half the 802.11g rate.
or would it be better to use the AE cone upstairs and the new flat one downstairs ?
See my first answer above.
or do i need to even include the older AE cone shaped one at all?
It's your call. You will get a bigger wireless footprint at the expense of bandwidth.
how many hardrives i can connect and see on the netwok?
This number is impossible to deermine. I don't know the maximum number that you can attach to the new AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS). You could also share hard drives from connected computers across the network. So it isn't a fixed number but depends on what you connect.
do i need bonjour on each computer? if so how does that workd for the ps3's?
Why? It is not needed to simply connect to the wireless network.
can you connect a wired device to a relay or remote by wire and have it work, or is it just for wireless?
The Ethernet ports on a WDS remote are active and usable.

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