Using AirportExpress as wireless-to-wired bridge?, Using AirportExpress as wireless-to-wired bridge?

Hi,
Is there any way to configure an airport express so that it connects to a wireless network and shares the connection via the wired ethernet port?
I have an iMac with a flaky airport card, but it's too far from my router to run an ethernet cable. So, and I'd like to run an ethernet cable from my iMac to my Airport Express and use the Airport Express's wireless NIC to connect to my wireless network. Is this possible? If so, how can I make it happen? (Additional details: the home network is created by an airport extreme...)
Thanks,
Mike

Sorry, but the older 802.11g AirPort Express Base Station (AX) does NOT support ProxySTA, and thus, cannot be reconfigured to support your wired clients. You would have to get a newer model OR reconfigure the 802.11n AirPort Extreme Base Station (AEBSn) and AX for a "static" Wireless Distribution System (WDS). A WDS is typically used when you want to extend the wireless range of one AirPort with another via a wireless connection between them.
With a WDS, the AX's Ethernet port would be enabled. However, this type of WDS has two major disadvantages:
It can only operate in the 802.11g Radio Mode, effectively nullifying the advantage of having the AEBSn, and
For every base station added to the WDS, the overall bandwidth will be cut in half. So, in this case with two base stations, the overall bandwidth will be around 25-27 Mbps.

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