Settings problem of range of 2nd gen. not as good as 1st gen.?

My original Aiport Express stopped working this week, just went dead, replaced it with a new 2nd gen. one ....
Wheras the original extended the signal through the house particularly to the living room, with this one, there is no signal at all.
It's joining the network created by an Original Airport Extreme, working off Snow Leopard and the latest Airport Utility ..
Set-up was a breeze, but when the Airport Express was then plugged in downstairs to where the original one always was, no signal at all .. never changed any settings, actually re-cycled the power on the modem and the Airport Extreme as advised when adding to a network
Even though on set-up and it asked me if I wanted to extend the network when I have looked 'inside' the settings with Airport Utility 'Manual Setup) under Summary / Base Station / Wireless, WIRELESS it says Wireless Mode: join a Wireless Network even though there is an option to 'Extend the Wirelss network ....
So, is the Airport Express merely joining the wireless network, or is it extending it, or has this option nothing to do with the original automatic set-up ....
Also, is there a reason the signal from the Airport Extreme won't be reaching as far as the original Airport Express if the previous settings are correct ..
Thanks for any help you can offer ..

Your older Express was configured to provide more wireless coverage using what is known as WDS settings, which the AirPort Extreme was also using.
You might be able to configure the new Express using WDS settings.
Hold down the option key on your Mac while you click on the Wireless Mode selection box to see if the WDS settings might appear. This is not easy to set up, but it sounds like you may have done this before.
The downside to WDS is that it only operates in older "g" wireless modes, so you lose any advantage of having a much faster "n" AirPort Express.
If WDS will not work, a new AirPort Extreme would provide dual band operation and the Express would extend both bands....a very nice performance upgrade.

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