MBA 13 (late 2020) and older Airport Express

Visiting a friend where I have installed an Airport Express way back and where I usually connect my MacBook generations, I found that my new MBA would not connect.
First, "cannot find any preferred network"
When selecting the adequate network, with the password from Keychain, I get "connection timeout"
Quitting, after some retries, I don't see my network at all.
Turning Airport off and then on again, I can again see my Network, but same procedure, even when I type the password instead of letting Keychain provide it.
Airport Utility coud not find the Airport Express, until connected via Ethernet and resetting the Airport Express would not help.
And - all the while my iPhone 4 worked wonderfully with the network through the same Airport Express...
Is there a version requirement for Airport Express when it comes to the latest MBA?
Thanks for any input.

I just brought home my new 13 inch Macbook Air, and have been having horrible problems with the airport express. My setup is as follows:
Airport Extreme base station in the lower level.
Airport Express setup to extend the network on the main level, and plugged into audio system.
Airport Express setup to extend the network on the upper level with USB printer attached
Both Airport express are about a year old.
This has been working great with my 2 year old macbook pro and various iDevices for quite some time.
Now, the Macbook air will connect, but it gets horrible throughput, and it only keeps the connection alive for about 10 minutes before all network traffic stops. I can still see that it has an IP address, and normally renewing the DHCP lease will get me another 10 minutes. Sometimes I need to turn AirPort Off/On to get going again. I think I've been seeing a very similar problems with the pre-release iOS 4.2. Just upgraded to the released 4.2.1 so who knows...
Finally, in desperation I unplugged both Airport Express and have just been using the extreme, I get great speed and the connection has been completely reliable.
Any ideas on what might be causing the problems with the airport express??
Thanks

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