Airport express causing block of wireless for all devices

Hi, I recently purchased a new airport express and it worked for about 10 minutes but then on my iPhone and iPad it told me 'authentication required' and to add my username and password. The login page is blank but looks as though it should be a login page for a wireless hotspot. I have tried every login I have and none of them work. I eventually get a 404 error and can't access my own wireless network.
The worst thing is, now, all my wireless devices are blocked (even non apple products) and I have no wireless at all. On all devices I have a very good wireless signal and it says I am connected however they also say that wireless is not available.
This is doing my head now as it's been 3 days and I can't get on to my own wireless network all because of what seems to have happened since I tried to activate the airport express.
Please somebody say they can help me with my problem. Thanks

I seemed to have found a solution... I disabled the DHCP and gave it a static address... seems to have worked.

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