Different Protections with Airport Express & Belkin Router?

Okay...this is an odd question, but if someone can help I'd be so grateful...
My Mac Mini is hooked up in my den to my Belkin wireless router using WPA protection. I use my iBook in another room wirelessly with no problem.
I recently got a Nintendo DS Lite, but unfortunately it doesn't connect to any networks using WPA protection, only WEP. Since WPA is much better, I don't want to leave WEP as my default, so I've been manually changing the protection on the router to WEP when I want to play the DS Lite and switching it back when I'm done.
My question is, if I purchased an Airport Express, would I be able to have it connect to the internet and have it set at WEP so my DS could access it, while leaving the rest of my devices on WPA?

My question is, if I purchased an Airport Express, would I be able to have it connect to the internet and have it set at WEP so my DS could access it, while leaving the rest of my devices on WPA?
If you configured the AirPort Express to use WEP, all wireless devices would need to use WEP to connect to it.
One possible solution is to have the Belkin use WPA to encrypt it's wireless network and then have the AirPort Express create a separate wireless network protected by WEP. However once you did this, anyone breaking the WEP network would have access to the internet and the rest of your network. To use this solution:
Leave the Belkin router the way it is.
Configure the AirPort Express to have a different network name, use WEP, and operate a channel 3 or more away from the one used by the Belkin router.
Connect the AirPort Express to one of the LAN ports on the Belkin.
Depending on the physical location of all of this, the AirPort Express and Belkin may interfere with each other and cause slow network speeds or intermittent network access.

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