Older Airport Express (airtunes G band) with Linksys router (G) & iMac (N)

I'd like to use an Airport Express to run audio from my iMac to my stereo. I can get an older model APX at a good price. It's model M9470LL/A, it runs on the G band. My router is a Linksys that runs on the G band, and my iMac runs on the N band. Will this older APX do the job? Does the APX talk to the router, or to the iMac?
Thanks!
BC

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