Airport Express Green Light - Can't Get To Internet

Hello.
I'm staying at a friends cottage. Their internet works fine (I can connect via ethernet to the internet). I can get the wireless network to work fine using Airport Express (green light on AX, shows network signal in menu bar).
When I try and connect to the internet via AX it fails.
I am using WPA2 Personal for the password.
Am I missing something simple?
Thanks in advance.
Hello... I tried to find this before I asked, but I couldn't narrow the search enough to find an answer... I'm sorry if this has been asked a lot before.

Michael Tutton1 wrote:
I am connected directly from the back of the modem to the ethernet on the AX.
So you're replacing the friends' equipment (if any) with your AX? Some questions:
1) Did you remove power from the modem for several minutes before you connected your AX? Some modems will refuse to connect to a "new" device until they're reset by that process.
2) How is your AX configured? Settings in AirPort Utility of particular interest are AirPort panel, Wireless tab, Wireless Mode and Internet panel, Internet Connection tab, Connection Sharing.

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