If I have more than one hardware access point, how can I share a single Internet connection?

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Answer:

If an existing wired LAN already has an Internet connection, then the hardware access points simply connect to your LAN and allow wireless computers to access the existing Internet connection in the same way as wired LAN computers.

Multiple Access Points.
Wireless connected computers using Multiple Access Points.

If there is no existing Internet connection, then this depends on the access point:

Software Access Point sharing one Internet connection.
Wireless connected computers using Multiple Access Points. All wired and wireless computers access the Internet through a single software access point.

If an access point provides some form of Internet sharing itself, then having multiple such access points connected to a wired LAN may require some special configuration, or possibly may require an additional Internet sharing device or software program.