Airport Express has green light but can't be seen in airport express

I had something odd happen with my wifi network today. I have reset everything and gotten all my Airport Expresses (AE) working again except one. This AE can not be seen in the Airport Utility (AU) no matter what I do. I have brought it into the same room as the transmitter and it would still not be seen. So I connected it to an ethernet cable and when I did the light turned green but still nothing in the AU. Each time I have changed configurations I have attempted to let the AE attempt to start on its own, I have performed a soft, hard reset and then a factory reset.
This is an older device (b/g not n as I recall) - what am I missing? It is difficult to determine if the device actually resets but the light blinking seems to match with descriptions of the process on the web. This all worked yesterday and this morning until my network went haywire (only the 2.4 GHz signal went out, I changed channels and reset and it has stayed up since). All the othe Airport devices could be reconnected by a hard reset after which they appeared in the AU and I could then reconfigure. This one AE just will not cooperate.
Any thoughts will be appreciated.

The model number is A1084 and I am using version 7.6.1 of AU.
When I attempted the hard reset the list starts off amber then after 5-10 seconds the amber light flashes rapidly and that is when I remove the paper clip I am using to push the button. Afterwards it goes solid amber for a bit then flashes amber. If the devices is not plugged into the ethernet it stays flashing amber, it it is connected to the ethernet it goes steady green
When I attempted the factory reset it is solid yellow for quite awhile then I get a rapid flashing green light at which time I remove the paper clip. It then goes back to amber for awhile then flashes amber. If the devices is not plugged into the ethernet it stays flashing amber, it it is connected to the ethernet it goes steady green.
In neither case does it appear in AU. Also FYI I am running Mountain Lion although everything has worked fine until yesterday.
Thanks for the reply

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