Xfinity Wireless Gateway 1 and airport extreme

I just got a new Wireless Gateway 1 router from Comcast/Xfinity and I wanted to still use my airport extreme and express to extend the signal throughout the house.  I don't know what to do.

Thanks for the suggestion. I have no idea why but all of a sudden the Time Capsule backed up my Mac before I had time to do as you suggested...although the back up process was very slow. I'll see if it gets faster over the next few days...will resort to your suggestion if needed. Thanks again!

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    As I mentioned previously, it is extremely unlikely that the Apple and Billion devices will be compatible for WDS, but probably worth a try....since  you never know when something just might work.
    Even if it does....WDS operates only at "g" wireless speeds, so you will lose any of the faster "n" speed capabilities of the AirPort Extreme in this type of setting.
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