Airport Express Faliure to Setup

Hi Mac heads.
I'm hoping you can help me with my airport express setup. All I'd like to do is use it to run music to my stereo system.
I'm trying to connect to a 3rd party router (linksys wrt54g) which is running WPA personal with a hex password. I go through the setup assistant and everything works fine until the last reboot of the airport express. It says it's waiting for it to reboot but it doesn't. Once airport express reboots it goes to its kiss of death orange flashing light. There are no errors. Any ideas? Is it due to the security on the network. Thanks.

First, welcome to the discussions.
See if this link will help you.
http://www.apple.com/airportexpress/airtunes.html
Cheers Don

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