Trying to hard wire 2nd mac using another airport extreme

Ok. i currently have an airport express(in my kitchen)that i use with my ibook (wirelessly) and everything works great.
The problem is that i have another mac that is upstairs that i wish to have hooked up as well via LAN. (i have to do it this way because it is an old imac that supports the old wireless card and requires a cradle.)
I would prefer to buy another airport express but was informed that it would not work that way.
Is this true?
How can i do this?
thanks.

Henry,
First I want to Thank you for all you help on many matters.
I am having a problem and i'm hoping you can help.
I bought my 2nd airport express and put it upstairs in my house next to an i mac that does not have a wireless card.
My airport downstairs is connected to my cable modem and is already acting wireless to my ibook.
I want to be able to connect an ethernet wire to the imac from the second airport express, while the airport express is picking up the wireless signal from downstairs.
In the past you have said this can be done.
How can this be done? Is there some sort of link or
instructions you can point me too?
I don't know how to do this and i'm not sure if it needs to be set-up as a bridge, or client. (are these two the same thing?)
Sorry to be so dumb, but i guess i'm one of those people that need direction step by step.
Thanks in advance for any help you may be able to provide.
Scott

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