Does Airport Express Work With Other Routers?

I apologize if this is a dumb question but I'm pretty clueless on wireless
I currently have a Belkin router set up in my apt. It feeds into my mac via wireless but is also connected via a wire, to my roommate's PC.
I am getting an Airport Express since i'd like to stream my music to my speakers wirelessly. However, I can't get rid of the Belkin router since that's how my roomie connects to the internet and my speakers are in a different room than his pc.
Can the Airport use the Belkin's wireless transmission for this purpose? Hopefully I've explained this correctly. So I guess what I'm asking is can the Airport read the wireless signal from the Belkin?
I think I just confused myself too...lol

Yes. But, to do that it won't be able to function as a wireless router. But, if you can use the Belkin router from everywhere in your apartment and only want the Airport Express for AirTunes music streaming (versus as part of a wireless distribution system), that's fine.
What you need to do is set up the AE in 'client mode'. See this kbase article:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2272
For a more general FAQ on the Airport Express, see this kbase article:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1515

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