Airport express has to constantly be reset

I just recently bought an airport express n. It works decently on my mac but when i print from my windows computer i have to reboot it after i print a document. Can anyone tell me why this is? WHat should i do?

I've been having the same problem -- not as often, but about 4 times a week. I was also wondering if it had to do with the age of the device; my Airport Express is about 5 years old. Does anyone know if they start to wear out?

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My airport express has a blinking yellow light and is not working. I have tried resetting it a few times, to no avail. My airport utility on my desktop detects it and will attempt to connect. However, after a few moments it says "An unexp

My airport express has a blinking yellow light and is not working. I have tried resetting it a few times, to no avail.
My airport utility on my desktop detects it and will attempt to connect. However, after a few moments it says "An unexpected error occurred Try again."
I'm running Mavericks on a 24-inch 2007 mac, 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, OS X 10.9.3 (13D65). The Airport Express is model A1264. I connect to it via an Airport Extreme with 7.6.4.
Thanks in advance.

I have the same problem with my airport express – a blinking yellow light and it is not working. I have tried resetting it a few times.
My airport utility detects it and try to connect. However, after a few moments it says "An unexpected error occurred Try again.
Airport Express is model A1143
And I have tried to connect with iPhone - same same.

Airport Express dropping out constantly so I can't print wirelessly

I have an iMacG5 running OSX 10.3.9. I have a DLink wireless router which creates my wireless network that the iMac connects to. Also, as my printer as at the other end of the room, I have an airport express connected via USB to the printer so I can print wirelessly. Everything worked like a dream for about 12 months. Until recently I had no security on this network and although I was aware this was risky, I was reluctant to change anything because it all worked so well. But my paranoia got the better of me and I changed the DLink to WPA security. Ever since then, the airport express has acted very strangely. The connection dropped and I was required to do a hard reset. I did that and everything worked. I felt so smug that I had worked out a computer issue! Little did I know that as soon as I shut down the system the airport express dropped out again. I have since discovered that I don't actually need to shut down for the thing to drop out. It just does it of its own accord.
I have contacted AppleCare 3 times and spent a total of about 4 hours on this to date. No luck. They suggested interference. However my airport icon usually shows either 3 or 4 bars and there is no difference when the thing drops out.
The only thing I have learned is that Airport Express does not have to be reset all the time. In my situation, it is best to just unplug it, let it rest for about 30 seconds and then you should be able to see the thing in the airport admin utility. It does take a while and several rescans in the utility, but eventually it does show up. This at least means I don't have to constantly set it up to join the network.
In fact, really it is a doddle to print! I don't know why people like to just go File-Print when you can go through the delight of getting out of your chair, unplugging Airport Express, waiting 30 seconds, looking at the dust under the cupboard thinking I really must get that, plugging the airport express back in, watching the light change from green to amber, to flashing amber, wait for it...wait for it...it's not happening....waiting...finally - green!. Back to the computer, go to Finder - Applications - Utilities - Airport Admin Utility, not showing up, rescan, not there, rescan, rescan, rescan, still not there, rescan, oh good, airport express is showing up. Now, go to Printer setup utility, delete the printer that is there, then add printer, select rendezvous, add my hp, OK......now I can hit File - Print.
Has anyone got any ideas on how I can join the boring legions of people who are oblivious to the joys of printing my way?

Hi,
I am currently replying to this as it shows in the iChat Community.
I have asked the Hosts to move it to Snow Leopard (you should not lose contact with it through any email links you get)
I also don't do Wirelss printing so I can't actaully help either.
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Airport Express has stopped working, no IP-adress

Airport Express has stopped working. In my Airport tool, I can't see the Airport Express anymore.
Under network, I can still see the Airport, but it says, that it cant find an IP-Adress.
It can see my Airport Extreme.
Thanks in advance.
Best
Clintcool1968

Try resetting the Airport Express.
If you don't see it in Airport Utility in your Utilities folder, then you would need to reset it...
Do you have it set to "Join" the Extreme network? or something else?
See this Apple doc on how to reset your base station.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3728
Also, you would not see it in your Network preference panel in the System Preferences.
You will only see the main network which is your Airport Extreme....
Unless you have 2 separate networks....
How many do you have?

Why my airport express has a yellow light

why my airport express has a yellow light (not blinking)

Before doing a reset try the Airport Utility via Finder > Applications > Utilities ... this might give you a reason for the flashing light. It could be something simple like the software needs updating.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/16700100#16700100

Airport Express has very weak signal even to the next room

I am wondering why my airport express has a weak signal. The signal to the next room(about 4 or 5 meters away), is so weak that you can only see one or 2 lines from the graphic at the internet connect. My base station has the last firmware from apple. Has anybody else experiencing this problem or knows what could be wrong?
Mac mini G4 1.25, iMac G5 2.0, MacBook 2.0, iPod 20Gb, iPod nano 4Gb, iPod 30Gb Mac OS X (10.4.7)

I have tried changing channels, I have tried using interference robustness but nothing seems to work. Isn't it so wierd thought that in the same room within 1 meter distance, the signal becomes from strong to weak, to zero?? The funny part also is that when i change channel for a few seconds the signal is very strong until it drops to zero. When i try another wireless device doesn't seem to have this problem but only with airport express base.

My Airport Express has a weak signal 50-75 feet from base. Any solutions?

My AirPort Express has a very weak signal 50-75 feet away from the base. Any suggestions?

ideas
buy one (or two) of those newer md031 airport extreme base stations as they have a higher power output.
ur post is implying 'join a wireless network' so i dont think limiting to 2.4ghz or 802.11b or 802.11g would help..
using 2.4 or 802.11b would help over distances, if ur creating a network and joining it then thats not an option
the airport has a couple settings like power output (make sure its set to 100%) or multicast rate that might be worth trying out. multicast set to low helps with clients joining at longer distances and multicast set to high kicks off clients at distances
put the aiprort express up high on the wall so it has a better chance of not being obstructed ?? and not on the bottom of the baseboard??

I recently bought an Airport Express and connected it to my TimeWarner modem. Am able to surf the internet using my MacBook Air, iPad, and Apple TV, but the AirPort Express has a blinking amber light. How could I change it to a green light?

I recently bought an Airport Express and connected it to my TimeWarner modem. Am able to surf the internet using my MacBook Air, iPad, and Apple TV, but the AirPort Express has a blinking amber light. How could I change it to a green light?

The following may help: Wi-Fi base station: Understanding and resolving a blinking amber status light

AirPort Express has weak signal while playing music from Iphone, intermittent play

AirPort Express has weak signal while playing music from Iphone, intermittent play

I'm having the same problem, even more:
- Watching movies over AppleTV: switches off every 20min (sleep mode).
- Listening to iTunes music ofer AirPlay: the same.
- A whole confusion with switching airplay destinations (AppleTV, AirportExpress) over iPhone remote app. Sometimes remote cannot find my library anymore
- Before, I was able to multitask: stream a DVD to AppleTV, using airplay mirroring, and simultaneously stream music from iTunes on the same computer, over the iTunes airplay selector, to loudspeakers connected to AirportExpress. No longer possible.
I've grown a big Apple fan in short time, proudly living what for others is the future (your media stored anyhwere, controlled from anywhere, played anywhere, stop thinking in terms of devices). And, I've learnt to savour the moments when you can look your Microsoft friends deep in the eyes and say: "The big difference with Apple - it just works"...
At the moment, I'm trying not to invite my friends.

Airport Express, cannot do a hard reset

Hello, my AE doesn't work anymore. I mean, it has a flashing green light but cannot find it through Airport Utility. I tried to do a hard reset, holding the reset button pressed for 5 - 10 - 30 seconds, but nothing happens: the green light keep on flashing...
Any suggestion?
thx in advance, L.

Welcome to the discussions!
First, power down the AirPort Express for at least 15 minutes
Then, hold in the reset button and while you continue to hold in the reset button, plug the AirPort Express back in to power
Keep holding the reset button for at least 10 seconds after you have plugged in the AirPort Express to power
If your device is functioning correctly, then this reset will return the AirPort Express back to new, out-of-box factory settings.
Once you have reset the AirPort Express, temporarily connect an ethernet cable from your computer to the AirPort Express to help Airport Utility establish a connection with the Express so that you can reconfigure it.

Airport express has stopped working when college switched network to 'N'

Hi all,
My university has just switched their wireless to 'N'-band. My airport express ('G') is now upset: not only has airtunes stopped working (I previously had joined it to the dorm wireless network), but I can no longer even access my airport in the Airport Utility (5.3.2).
I've done a hard reset of my airport express and I still cannot access the device via the airport utility. When I click 'rescan', the device is never found.
I have noticed, however, the default network "Apple Network 600eab' appearing among my wireless network choices. Unfortunately, Airport never actually lets me join that network.
Does anyone have any ideas I can try?
Thanks
LD

I've had to go back to firmware 7.4.1 and that seems to work. Anyone know what is up with 7.5.2?

Airport Express has stopped working

Hi.
My AE has just stopped working and now can't connect to the network. I have tried a harware reset and all I get is the amber light and now and again it flashes then turns green and then back to amber. It looks to me as if the something has damaged the hardware as I cant get it to showup in my airport utility.
Regards
Amidabrian

If you have tried a Factory Default Reset a few times, and the AirPort Express is still acting up, it is likely defective and will need to be replaced.
Resetting an AirPort Base Station or Time Capsule FAQ
If it is out of warranty......and you have the patience.....and want to take a real longshot......carefully saw open the case of the Express along the center seam to open up the device and look for something obvious....like a connector that has come loose, broken wire, etc.

Airport Express has broken!

I don't know if anyone else has had this problem, but after a power cut my Airport Express base station has gone nuts. Now I have a flashing green light and no amount of resetting (soft, hard or factory - and I'm sure I'm doing them correctly) will stop it.
I have read other posts that point the finger of blame at the recent Security Update, but even after removing the guilty .plist files from Preferences, the light still flashes.
I have tried unplugging the ethernet cable from it, and putting it in other plug sockets around the house, but no joy. I've left it powered down for a weekend and then tried another factory reset, but still the green light flashes.
Any ideas will be gratefully received Is there a mystery 4th type of reset that I can do???

There's no other type of reset.
Unless someone offers a better idea, I'd take it to the shop if it's still under warranty. Otherwise, it'll probably be cheaper to buy a replacement on the used market. Sounds like the surge that resulted when your power came back on whacked it.
Bummer, and another illustration of why a UPS is a worthwhile investment.

AirPort Express has suddenly lost Power?

I just got back from 6 weeks overseas and I left my AirPort Express plugged into the power with a USB printer connected and the Ethernet Broadband cable connected. When I got back, my AirPort had no power lights on at all, but the printer and modem were still powered through same plug socket. I have unplugged all cables from AirPort and tried this in various other power sockets around the house but no amber light comes on at all, it has completely lost all power. I've tried the Factory Reset but still no joy, any advice would be most welcome. Cheers

Is the power circuit repairable or do I now have a £100 paperweight?
I guess that would depend on how resourceful you are. Here are a couple of articles worth looking at:
o 2 Ways to "Fix" an Airport Express
o Resurrect a Dead AirPort Express

Airport Express not recognized in iTunes- reset not working.

I have spent 2 days trying everything I've read here in these forums to RESET my Express.
I've done a soft & a hard reset each several times.
I've tried unplugging the Express overnight.
I've upoaded new firmware.
I've discarded the new file created each time in the Airport configuration folder.
The reset seems to work....but then my Express is not connecting to iTunes. That is the new config shows up in the pop up menu in iTunes but does not complete the connection. I only use the box for remote connection of my music system. I've tried to set the Express up with each of the 2 choices in the AirPort Setup Assistant, ie. extending the range or a new network. Also, the light which is normally not flashing is indeed flashing. I've had Express functioning fine for over a year, this issue has happened only once before. Last time I was able to reconfigure successfully. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
My set up is as follows:
G4 destop with Airport base station, iBook wireless which I'm using to config. the Express box.

To set up the AirPort Express Base Station (AX) as a "Wireless Client," using the AirPort Admin Utility, connect your computer directly (using an Ethernet cable) to the Ethernet port of the AX, and then, try these settings:
AirPort tab
- Base Station Name: <whatever you wish or use the default>
- Wireless Mode: Join an Existing Wireless Network (Wireless Client)
- Wireless Network: <type in your wireless network name or select it from the pop-up menu>
- Wireless Security: Not enabled
OR, if you are using security on your wireless network:
Security Options
Change Wireless Security
- Wireless Security: <Select the appropriate level of security for your wireless network: 40-bit WEP|128-bit WEP | WPA Personal | WPA Enterprise>
- Password: <enter your wireless network security password or key>
Music tab (optional)
- Enable AirTunes on this base station (checked)
- iTunes Speaker Name: <enter name of speaker for iTunes remote speaker list>

Airport express has to constantly be reset

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