Airport Express now refuses to join my WDS

My B/G Airport Express (Firmware 6.3) connected well to my N Airport Extreme in a WDS for 6 months. Then the Express failed to link in to the WDS. Resetting the Express and configuring using the latest Airport Utility failed. You progress through all of the steps and get the "Settings updated" message, but the airport fails to restart and disappears from the Airport utility.
I can use the Express to connect directly to the internet via Ethernet and then wifi to my MacBook.
Any ideas?

Welcome to the discussion area, swood03!
Resetting the Express and configuring using the latest Airport Utility failed.
Did you perform a Factory Default Reset? If not, this type of reset will erase all of the settings and clear out any old and possibly corrupted settings.
Power off the Express for a few minutes
Hold in the reset button and while you continue to hold the reset button in, plug the Express back in to power
Keep holding the reset button until the amber light begins to blink more quickly, hold another 3-4 seconds when you see this occur and then release the reset button
Try the configuration again. It is very easy to make a mistake entering in all the required ID information.

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