What do I do with my old base station?

I am getting the new base station so I can have network storage - at the moment I have the current base station. What should I do with the old base station when I get the new one? Is there some way I can use it? Is it possible to use it to boost the signal in my home (which is a little erratic from time to time when using Airtunes with my airport expresses)?

Currently it looks like the new AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS) does not support WDS so your only option is to use Ethernet to link the 2 base stations to extend the wireless network. Of course any devices connected to your old AEBS would be limited to 802.11g speeds.

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