connect airport express to base for airplay

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connect airport express to base for airplay

I'm attempted a number of times to connect an Airport Express A1392 to my home router in order to stream Airplay2 to my traditional stereo receiver. When powered up the A1392 appears in AirPort Utility as Airport Express f41116. The Utility recognizes the device, I select Other Options....Add to an existing network. I then select Connect To 'my network'. I enter my existing network name and passwork twice. It starts the joining process....but before completion always messages "An unexpected error occurred. Try Again". Any ideas on what's going wrong?

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MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.6

Posted on Jan 13, 2023 2:24 PM

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Answer 1

Jan 13, 2023 3:15 PM in response to twistercat

but before completion always messages "An unexpected error occurred. Try Again".

This is a common bug with AirPort Utility on a Mac.

Do you have an iPhone or iPad handy to use to try to set up the AirPort Express?

If yes, and you are not that familiar with using an iPhone or iPad to set up an AirPort base station, post back for more instruction.

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Jan 13, 2023 5:28 PM in response to Bob Timmons

Yes, have an iphone 11, on 15.7.1. But I'm not trying to set up the AirPort Express as a main base station. Trying to get my existing base station network to recognize the Airport Express as an AirPlay device. The AirPort Utility on my M1 MacBook Pro on 12.6.2 is not making that simple.

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Jan 13, 2023 6:17 PM in response to twistercat

You're right about using an iPhone, I was able to add the A1392 to my network using the Wi-Fi settings utility. It now shows up as one of my AirPlay devices....success, Thanks for the tip.

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