Setting up wired Airport Express for airplay only (I know, I know)
Yes, I am writing this in the year 2023. Airplay remains the most convenient method to get music from one end of the house to the other. A year ago, I upgraded to fiber giganet with a mesh system (1 main router, 1 satellite) and the old Airport Express A1264 took to it just fine. But it completely died (lights out) the other day, and replacements (supposedly unused) are only about $30. So I got a replacement, but it's simply refusing to get set up.
I recall I had the old one set up to create a network, but I gave it the same name as my house wifi and same password. I don't know why, but this worked for over 10 years. I have a feeling the mesh will not allow that now, so I am trying to set up the replacement AX to join the network:
I give it a name and the password, then go to the next step, but it always fails to connect:
Stingo being my wifi network. I remember (vaguely) that when I set up the old ones, it would say that it failed but I would come back hours later to find the AX on my network and ready to Airplay. Maybe that will happen here? But it's been a couple hours already and nothing.
I'm running a 2021 Macbook Pro M1 Max with OS 12.6.3 Monterey. Is Ventura any better at connecting with 2010 Airport Expresses???
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