Airport Express not being "seen" by utility.

My Airport Express is connected via ethernet to my home network with the wireless disabled. Lately the unit has been dropping off the network and nothing I try now will get The Airport Utility to "see" the device.
I have event tried resetting several times, going back to earlier system setups, entierning the IP address manually. Nothing works.
Any suggestions?

The problem could be with the Express, but intermittent problems of the sort you are describing are very rare. Their failure mode is almost always accompanied with a dark LED.
Try a different port on your router, a different router, a different switch it is connected to one, or a different cable. Any failure among the many links in that chain can be the cause.
If the Express fails in the same manner while connected directly to a computer with a known good Ehternet patch cable, only then would I condemn the Express. Conversely, you could substitute another Express known to be reliable.

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i've done this over about 5 times now, trying everything....
thoughts?
thanks
Bob

I suspect your new wireless router.. if not an apple router is simply not airplay aware.. in which case airplay cannot work with the express.. you need a router that is apple compatible.. and not all routers are..
Give the exact make and model of the new router.
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Mando2802, Welcome to the discussion area!
Try doing a hard reset or factory default reset on the AirPort Express (AX).

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HI
are you sure you are using the correct security type for the main network, when it asks you, after selecting the network you want to join? If you chose the wrong one the airport utility will not tell you, it just won't find it after restart.
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o To avoid having to "switch" wireless networks during the WDS setup, attach the remote base station, via an Ethernet cable, to the main base station.
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Hi everybody,
Last night I made the mistake of disabling wireless on my Airport Express. It had worked perfectly before, but now that I want to re-enable wireless, the Express won't show up in Utility! Does anybody have any tips as to how to get it to show up in Utility again? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!
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P.S. I know that this is labeled as an Airport Express for Windows forum, but I didn't see any for Macs. Sorry if I put this in the wrong forum!

Welcome to the discussions forum jmpstar.
If you disabled wireless, Airport Utility will have no way to find it, wirelessly. You'll have to reset it by holding in the reset button until the LED flashes rapidly. You'll then be able to configure it again using Airport Utility.
The Airport Express forum is http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1011

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I have this exact same problem. It's like something spontaneously just ceased to work inside the AE unit. I don't understand it.
I tried updating the firmware to 6.3 and updated Airport on the G4 to 4.2.1, but nothing has changed. If anything, the problem seems to have gotten worse (sometimes connecting -- > NEVER connecting).
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Airport Express not seen in Airport Utility! PleaseHelp!

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W.W.

I actually did this by myself not into the computer but a secondary Ethernet port on myTripple play Fios modem.
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James since you had the right idea I gave you the 10 points. Thank you for being helpful.
Walter

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More detail on this.
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Hello Community,
I have the latest Airport Extreme and Airport Express. I am also using the latest Airport Utility, 6.0.
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mickair wrote:
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Welcome to Apple's discussion groups.
I have the latest Time Capsule ("TC"), an old Airport Extreme Base Station ("AEBS") bought in 2007 and 2 Airport Expresses, one bought in 3 months ago ("AE-Alpha") and the other bought back in 2007 ("AE-Beta"). All of them have been updated with the latest firmware.
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Physical location:
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