Airport express, Airtunes, flashing amber

I picked up a new Airport Express this week. I bought it for the sole purpose of streaming iTunes from the iMac in the den to the home theater unit in the living room or the stereo in the shop. I have no need for wireless internet or wireless connection to printer etc.
I have completed 'some' of the setup and am successfully listening to iTunes through the Home theater system. Setup seems to include connection to modem or it won't stop giving me the flashing amber. It also lets me know I haven't done this each time I sign on.
Do I need to go through that part of the setup to get my solid green light, or am I missing something else somewhere? Not finding the answer in the accompanying manual.

Try opening AirPort Utility and clicking on Manual Setup
When the summary page opens, click on the word "Status" and a window will open to probably explain that you do not have an internet connection set up.
You should see an option to "ignore" this warning and you may be asked to repeat the "ignore" instruction.
Once you update the settings and restart, the AX lamp should turn green and you should not see this warning again.

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