Which is better as router: snow or express (with show attached by wire)?

OK It seams like lots of people have similar problems but no one has described this exactly:
I have a powerbook with an old style airport card (can't remember if that means g or b) and my wireless network running thru my old 'dual Ethernet/snow' airport base station. My wife has her newer ibook with airport extreme card. We have two airport expresses which were meant to extend the range of the network - but don’t seem to do anything other that allow us to use 'airtunes'.
I often have full bars/signal strength but the Internet connection suddenly drops off and just as suddenly comes back on again. And again. And again. (The 'show time connected' time disappears and then re-appears - but the time connected does not start again at zero)
This does not happen with my wife’s ibook.
I have done a hard reset on all airports and reconfigured the netwpork and still this happens.
Would I get a better overall network (strength and stabitity) if I used the express as the router and attached the snow base station by wire?
Does anyone know if there are specific compatibility or set-up issues with our specific set of equipment?
Do I need a new airport card perhaps?
Please help - its driving me carzy
Powerbook G4 800 DVI Mac OS X (10.3.9) 512RAM Airport Card Firmware: 9.52

Hi Hangingbyathread,
Welcome to Apple Discussions
I am going to try to help you with your Airport Problems. Alright, I am guessing you have a snow base station that it is 802.11b. You can not use the Airport Express to extend the network because the original airport doesn't have WDS capabilities. In order to use AirTunes you need to have iTunes 4.6 or higher, and the CD from the Airport EX. Here is some more information Airtunes and Airport Support. You might want to select a preferred network. I have many different WiFi networks in my dorm, and I found that I was constantly losing connection because my computer was picking up the strongest network. I am pretty sure you can't upgrade your Airport card because they are totally different. The original card only can pick up 802.11b at 11Mb where as the Extreme card can pick up to 54Mb at 802.11g.
I hope that helps,
Jon 
PS I am pretty confidant in my information but I could be wrong.
I am not an Apple employee nor am I associated with the company in any way
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