Airport express joins wireless, not ethernet.

I have tried to figure this one out the last two days. Initially I wanted to connect the AE to my router through ethernet as a client using dhcp, leaving the wireless radio on the AE disabled. The router was going to handle all connections, both wired and wireless. The plan was to use Airplay on my Macbook connected wirelessly to the router. For some reason the AE didn't connect to the router very well. The AE indicator would be green for a short time after boot, turning into amber. The same thing happened with the connection indicator on the router. The router would assign an IP and then drop it immediatley, but the AE would still sometimes show up in iTunes, but I was most of the time unable to connect and use Airplay. At best I was able to use Airplay with an incridble lag.
After some trial and error I gave it up and connected the AE to the router wirelessly. Now everything works without problems, I would still prefer ethernet between the router and AE though, but turning dhcp off is not an option. Everything is updated, I tried to grab the logs from the AE, but after resetting so many times I think most of them are deleted. I also believe the AE works well connected to my Macbook using ethernet. Why does it have a problem with the router?

You have to have your Mac with Airport Admin Untility connected to the Express by being on its network. That's why connecting with a wire gets you back in command too. Once you're on its network, whether wi-fi or wired, you're in control.

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