New Sky Hub Router and Airport Express wifi extension.

I have the new Sky router (Hub) and I am trying to extend the wifi signal in my house but it won't.
I have the 802.11n 1st Gen Airport Express which connects to the wifi network ok but keeps erroring when I try to Extend a wireless network.
Please help as its driving me mad.
Many thanks in advance.

Unfortunately, you always need two Apple AirPort devices to be able to "extend" a wireless network using wireless only.
A single AirPort router cannot "extend" the wireless network of a 3rd party router using wireless only.
If you only have one Apple router, it is usually possible to establish a wired Ethernet connection between the AirPort router and configure it to provide more wireless coverage that way. The downside of course, is that the connection must remain wired between your main router and the AirPort router.
If you cannot run the Ethernet cable, it might be possible to use a pair of Ethernet powerline adapters to send a signal over the existing powerlines in your home. The theory here is that you already have the wiring in place and just need the adapters.
In practice, the Ethernet powerline adapters are not always predictable in their performance in every installation.

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Any help much appreciated for this configuration that doesn't work:
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I created a New Network on both the Airport with the same SSID and same password:
It seems to work perfectly.
My LAN network works fine and i can connect via wifi in my house.
Do you think that could solve my issue? Or it is better to have one airport in "Create a Network" and the other Airport (express) in Extend network mode?
Do you think the 2 wifi network (same SSID) can scramble each other?
This is far superior method.. known as roaming. It is where I would have suggested you go.
The extend wireless is only for situation where you cannot run ethernet. It is much poorer.
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