So does the Apple Airport Express take the place of the "Charter" modem and router we already have in our house?

We purchased the Apple Airport Express and in our home have 2 iPads, 2 iPhones, 1 iPod, 1 MacBook, and two *D* computers and a Brother printer along with Apple TV and a projector.
1. How do we get them all to mirror the content of the various devices onto the TV or the projector?
2. Can we now unplug the *Ch* equipment from our cable source and plug in the airport express?
Putting all the pieces together is just a little beyond us at this moment. Maybe it will click with a little help. Thanks!
"Stuck" in Montgomery

I'm pretty sure you will find that the Airport Express will not work with your router unless it's an Airport Extreme Base Station.
You can do two things with the Airport Express. You can connect it by USB or Ethernet cable to a device like a printer that does not have wireless capability and provide a wireless connection to your router provided the two devices will "talk" to each other.
You can connect it to a Mac to provide audio streaming wirelessly.
You may be able to use it with your projector provided it has its own wireless capability, but I don't know if an Airport Express will stream video. Same for your TV.
In fact for your home I'm not sure the AEX would be of much use except to connect to your Mac in order to stream audio to another wireless device in your home. But only if you can get the AEX to work with your router or replace the router with an AEBS (which you could only do if your current router is a discrete device connected to your Charter cable modem.)

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