Wifi range extenders for Airport Express

Can anyone recommend a good range extender that works and plays well with Airport Express? I bought an AmpedWireless device that just won't connect to my network so I'm sending it back.
Thanks,

The only "range extenders" that I could recommend would be another AirPort Express or any other Apple router. These are basically the only one "known to work" and are supported/designed by Apple to do so.

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