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AirPort Express still uses the 802.11n standard where modern routers are on 802.11ac. Ignoring what these two standards promise, in practice 802.11in gets you less than 15 percent the speed that Bridging an Apple Airport Extreme with an existing Netgear Nov 21, 2011 How to create a wireless mesh network with Apple AirPorts

The AirPort Extreme is a residential gateway combining the functions of a router, network switch, wireless access point and NAS as well as varied other functions, and one of Apple's former AirPort products. The latest model, the 6th generation, supports 802.11ac networking in addition to older standards.

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Mar 18, 2011 Using Apple Airport Extreme on Orbi - NETGEAR Communities Bridge mode disables virtually all the functions in the router. An AP must route traffic from the wireless interface to the wired interface, so you cannot expect that to work in bridge mode. You can buy a $100 wired access point and do what you want also, or a wireless bridge. See Ubiquiti, for example.