Brand new Airport Express (base Station)

I have an Airport Extreme hooked to a cable modem. This is my base AP.
I have an old Airport Express hooked to my HiFi only doing iTunes
I have an old Airport Express as a WDS remote. (And tied to an Epson printer.)
I have a MB and MBP.
Everything is great.
Now I plug in a brand new Airport Express with 802.11n. I ether set it up manually or via the Airport Utility 'manager'. No matter what I do it does not 'hook' up to my WiFi network. It is always flashing but I can never have it give me internet access.
BTW - I noticed that unlike the other boxes this one (AX-n) does not give the "Wireless Clients" graph in the log screen.

Hello Albert,
Go to: Utilities/Airport Utility then when you setup your new airport express, on wireless tab, check "802.11n (802.11 b/g compatible) and it should work. If you check 802.11n and your network is in g mode, it won't work. I have a dual network, Time capsule, 2 MBP, 2 MB and airport express iTune on 802.11n and another airport extreme with 2 airport express on 802.11n(b/g compatible) for iphone use. Every thing work seamlessly.
Good luck.

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