Airport Express with a Belkin router?

I've got an Airport Express b/g that I would like to set up to extend the range of my existing network and to use with Airtunes to play music from my computers through my main stereo. My network is currently using a Belkin router from my Comcast modem. Will the Express play nicely with the Belkin? The Express documentation only refers to Airport Extreme routers.
Thanks for any help

Unfortunately, most non-AirPort routers are not compatible with Apple's implementation of Wireless Distribution System (WDS)...so it very unlikely that your Belkin router can be extended wirelessly with the AirPort Express Base Station (AX).
The few Belkin routers that have been known to work are:
F5D7230-4
F5D7231

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Let's double-check your AirPort Express Base Station's (AX) settings ...
Perform a "factory default" reset of the AX
o (ref: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=108044)
Either connect to the AX's wireless network or connect directly, using an Ethernet cable, to the Ethernet port of the AX, and then using the AirPort Utility in "Manual Setup" mode, make the following changes:
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o Base Station Name: <rename or leave default>
o Base Station Password: <enter desired password>
o Verify Password: <re-enter desired password>
o Remember this password in my keychain: (optional)
o Set time automatically: (unchecked)
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o Wireless Mode: Join a wireless network
o Network Name: <existing 2wire's wireless network>
o Wireless Security: <select the encryption type of the existing wireless network>
o Wireless Password: <enter the existing wireless network password>
o Verify Password: <re-enter the existing wireless network password>
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o iTunes Speaker Name: <enter desired speaker name>
o iTunes Speaker Password: (optional)
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iTunes > Preferences... > Advanced > General
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AirPort Express link to Belkin Router

This has probably been answered before somewhere, but anyway here goes...
I have a PC. It does NOT have a wireless card.
I bought a Belkin wireless Router
It is connected via an ethernet cable to the PC.
I want to use an AirPort express as a client to allow me to play music from iTunes in other places in the house.
I have not been able to get the AirPort Express to connect as a client.
I have been on the phone to Belkin for 1 hour. They appear unable to help me.
Anyone in this forum able to shed some light on how to do this? I have entered the MAC address of the AirPort express in the Router set-up and tried diabling the my firewall, but still nothing.
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Ensure that the PC is connected to the LAN port of the Belkin router and not the WAN port.
Is the Belkin router using WEP?
One of the problems with WEP is that the actual standard relies on a 10 character HEX key for 40bit WEP and a 26 character HEX key for 128bit WEP.
In order to make things easier for people, vendors use certain algorithms to convert simple alphanumeric passwords (or passphrases) into HEX keys, thus enabling people to use simple memorable WEP password rather than lengthy HEX keys.
The problem is that different vendors use different algorithms to generate the HEX key and therefore a ASCII password on an AEBS will be hashed differently on a Netgear client and vice versa.
One thing is a 13 character 128 bit WEP password will be hashed by all vendors in the same way (if you use 40bit WEP then a 5 character password is required).
Though sometimes not even that works and the HEX key must be used regardless.
AirPort: Joining an encrypted wireless network
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106424
Choosing a password for networks that use Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=108058
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The problem is that I can't get the Airport Express to work through the wireless network already set up in my apartment. If I do the iTunes thing, I can't connect to the internet while it's playing--so it seems to be creating its own network but not connecting with the current wireless internet available in the room.
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+> 1. Click the AirPort status menu in the menu bar and choose the wireless network created by the base station you want to set up as the main base station.+
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I have a 3COM modem/wifi router with serial code 3CRWE754G72-A.
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My question is: is there any way the airport express could be of use?
The only thing the AirPort Express (AX) could possibly do is join the wireless network created by that router as a client. This would only give you the ability to use the AX's USB printer port and AX's audio output. This would NOT give you the ability to use the AX's Ethernet port.
If your MacBook Pro can't join the wireless network provided by that device, the AX probably can't either.
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Hello - I know it seems that this topic has been discussed several times before, but I haven't been able to find a good explanation for how to execute it and would really appreciate any guidance. I'm a mac newbie, too.
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for thr belkin:
- enable wireless bridging
- turn off security / mac adress filtering first until it works
config to be done in the Airport Admin utility:
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- and set in the WDS window: allow wireless clients... and search for the ID of the belkin (should pop up as main airport ID)
- uncheck: distribute ID adresses in the Network config
That's how I got it working, but I never got security as WAP working between both stations...the only thing was MAC adress filtering, and hiding the network ID
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Configure the Express as a bridge: join the wireless network, and set "connection sharing" to "off (bridge mode)". Under the Wireless tab, see if there's a box labeled "allow Ethernet clients".
If there is, check the box.
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With your QuickSilver G4 connected via Ethernet to the Belkin router, you should be able to stream iTunes to the AirPort Express Base Station (AX) by joining the Belkin's wireless network as a wireless client.
Try the following...
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AirPort tab
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Music tab
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is it possible to link my airport express with another and thus have wireless coming from both?
if not, can it be done with anything other than an apple base, namely Belkin?
any help would be appreciated. thanks

You can link two Express units in a WDS network, by configuring one to extend the wireless network of the other.
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I'm having some trouble getting the AirPort Express with Airtunes to connect to a Netgear WPN824v2 network.
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