Old (11g) Express won't connect to new (11n) Extreme

My old Airport Express won't connect to my new Airport Extreme. I can see the Express in the Airport Utility, but every time I try to set it up it disconnects me from the internet. It never connects to the Airport Extreme to extend my network so I can use AirTunes. What to do?

As James points out, the older Express needs to be setup in WDS mode to extend the network.
A new feature of the new Extreme and Express is a feature called "Allow this network to be extended".
This should not be confused with WDS setup.
Apple needs to update their documentation on the new Express units.
I also feel there should be another category in the forums for Express "g" and Express "n" just like they have for the Extreme units. It has been confusing lately to figure out which Express units people are talking about because they don't mention it in their original post.
You should be able to have the old Express "g" unit "Join your network"... That you can do between the old Express and the new Extreme... Give that a try just to make sure it works.
   Joseph Kriz

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