Dell and Apple share same wireless signal?

I have a fairly new Macbook C2D and a Playstation 3 as well as a Dell laptop and a Dell desktop that belongs to other members of my family in the same house. My question is about a wireless router. We have DSL internet that is about to be installed in about a week and in order to all share the internet all over the house I was going to opt for a wireless router to avoid running ethernet cables everywhere. However, I was wondering if I buy a Linksys (sp?) router or another name brand will all of our computers be able to share the same wireless signal? I didn't know if mine being an Apple and a Sony and theirs being Dells if it would matter. Also, can 4 computers share the same wireless signal anyway? I apologize if these are stupid questions but I have unfortunately had dial-up internet my entire life and know nothing about DSL (is it really that much faster?) or wireless at all. Please help! Thanks in advance!
1.83GHz Macbook C2D 1GB RAM 160GB HD Mac OS X (10.4.8) 5.5G 80GB White iPod

As long as all the computers have a wireless card i.e. airport, linksys, atheros... you shouldn't have any probs. remember that the more people using the internet, chances are, it's going to be slower. and yes, dsl is faster.

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40 Mbps Fiber Broadband connection using:
Devices:
1. Main Modem/router (AP1): Huawei HG8245 (provided by ISP) - Wireless enabled.
2. Remote Access point (AP2): Linksys/Cisco E3200 Wireless gigabyte router flashed with DD-WRT v24-sp2 (06/14/11) mini (Cascaded -wired- LAN to LAN from main modem).
3. Wireless Repeater to cover a dead spot (AP3): Linksys/Cisco E1000 wireless repeater.
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5.( Ipad) with home sharing on itunes enabled.
6. Win7 (PC) using iTunes with Home sharing enabled.
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I have a main router provided by my ISP, I have several other Airport Extremes and Airport expresses connected by Ethernet, all set up to bridge the network created by the main router.
Each maker has their own settings, but bridging should be reasonably obvious. In simple terms my main router distributes IP addresses to all devices, the Airports bridge that network by passing these addresses to the devices from the main router. A base station that isn't in bridging mode will distribute its own addresses to the devices connected to it.
I don't really follow your next point.
instruction for configuration vary from manufacturer to manufacturer, the best course of action here is to refer to the manual. If everything is set up properly the addresses of everything on your network will have identical sets of numbers for the first 3 of 4 groups of numbers that make up an address, the last set must always be different. I think the part you are referring to with your DD-WRT is the option to have Ethernet and wifi bridged or not.
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