Time capsule to Express Via Ethernet

Hi all,
I have a Time Capsule plus two Airport Express units situated throughout my house. The Express units are extending the Time Capsule WiFi network. I want to connect all three via Ethernet, so as to eliminate latency. I've never had luck doing this though. Plugging the Ethernet into the Express units causes the whole Wifi network to die!
What are the appropriate settings for all of these units to make this work? Thanks in advance!
Paul

Power off the Porch Express for now.
With the Living Room AirPort Express powered on for a few minutes, hold in the reset button on the back of the device for 9-10 seconds and release. Allow a full minute for the AirPort Express to restart to a slow, blinking amber light.
Connect the Ethernet cable from a LAN <-> port on the Time Capsule to the WAN "O" port on the LR Express.
Click the AirPort icon at the top of the Mac's screen and wait a few seconds for a listing of New AirPort Base Station to appear. Just below that, click directly on AirPort Express.
AirPort Setup will open up automatically and take a minute to analyze the network, then announce that the Express will be configured to extend the Time Capsule network.
Enter a device name that you want to use.......LRExpress.....for example, and click Next
Now the screen will indicate that the Express is being configured to extend using Ethernet. When you see the message of Setup Complete, click Done. That''s it.
Use the same procedure for the Porch Express.

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Are you sure?
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Greetings,
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Mitchell, welcome to the discussions!
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In other words, you can change the setting to Bridge Mode, but if you make any other changes before you click Update, the Bridge Mode setting will not take effect.
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Yes

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Your findings seem to confirm that this happens with a dual band as well.
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Message was edited by: Bob Timmons

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Is it possible to connect an airport extreme to an airport express via ethernet cable, I ask because I want to expand the range of my wifi network to the basement of my house, the floors are really thick concrete so I installed some ethernet cable runs, I hope somebody can help me, thank you.

+How do I do it ? Do I connect the modem to the airport extreme and then run the ethernet cable from one of the extreme's ethernet ports to the express ethernet on the basememt and a second cable from another of the extreme's ethernet connectors to the express on the second floor+
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Open AirPort Utility, click Manual Setup
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Click the Wireless tab
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Channel...Automatic
Wireless Security...Exact same setting as your AirPort Extreme network
Wireless Password....Exact same setting as your AirPort Extreme network
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