Do I have to have AirPort Express to transmit AirTunes?

My PC is connected via Ethernet (wired) to a Wireless B/Wired Ethernet router. Can I still transmit AirTunes?
Thanks,
Amit Ron

I think your question is then, can it work with your
Belkin router. As long as you realise that with a
Wireless B router will be painfully slow. If you
could at all possibly connect the AirPort Express to
the Belkin by Ethernet (totally by-passing Wireless),
then do it, everything will be 10x quicker and 10x
more reliable.
This is an interesting comment. I believe I have seen other people express the idea that using Wireless B isn't as good. However, in my experience, that doesn't hold true. The wireless network I hook up to is useable by both B & G and it is totally G when only G clients are using the network. My work laptop is G but my music laptop is B. I use the B laptop to broadcast AirTunes and it works just fine.
Now, I'm not an expert in networking, but I believe how it transmits AirTunes is like this: B laptop -> Netgear Wireless router (this is directly hooked up to DSL) -> Airport Express. This is quite a distance because from B laptop to Wireless Router the signal needs to go upstairs and towards the east, then back down again back to my room where the Airport Express is. That is, unless B laptop transmits directly to Airport Express which I'm thinking isn't the case because my Airport Express is acting as a client.

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Hello guys,
Now I have my very own airport express problem. I will try to go into as much detail as possible.
I own Airport express for about a month. It worked fine. Moved to the new apparent recently.
I have HP Pavillion notebook. While without the internet in the new appartment i set up my AE to stream music to stereo in a bridge mode. It worked fine.
Now my inet is on.
I connected AE to modem via ethernet cable, set it in a bridge mode. After a while i got the wireless internet connection on my PC. When the PC is connected to the internet i cannot connect to the AE or get the Airtunes working.
While reading the forums i've found out that i can change TCP/IP on PC to 164.192. and that will help me to connect to AE. I did, but at the same time the inet was gone.
Summary: i have a working wi-fi internet connection while AE is in the bridge mode connected via ethernet to the modem, but have no airtunes. If i set my PC's IP to 164.192. i can get airtunes but no internet. Need to get this together.
*The things i've tried already*: used AirPort Utility to set AE to "distribute IP", via DHCP. After that i rebooted my modem, AE and PC. PC and AE got IPs like 10.1.0. but no internet connection. Tech support of ISP said that it sees my PC, but PC has no IP on the net. While in this mode i also get the trouble connecting PC wirelessly to the AE and have to use hard reset to default settings for AE.
Much the same result i get when trying to "share one IP via DHCP".
Notes: PC's IP is set automatically. PC has internet connection via ethernet cable plugged directly into modem. Usual PC's IP is something like 77.122.
As far as i understand the problem is with IPs.
Please help me out. Thaks alot in advance.

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Here's my setup and question: I am connected to the internet using the wireless network in my house. I want to also connect my computer to my Airport Express for AirTunes which is hooked up to my stereo in the computer room. Since I'm already connected to a different wireless network for internet, can I connect my Airport Express directly to my computer using an ethernet cable in order to run AirTunes?
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You don't need to do that. You can simply set the express up as a "client" allowing you to be on the network and/or airtunes and/or wireless printing.
Have a look at this post for the relevant info:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=5578616#5578616
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