Airport Express refuses to be administered!

I have an Airport Express unit which refuses to be administered.
Relevant specifications:
Powerbook G3, OS X 10.2.8 with all current updates
Airport Admin Utility says version 3.1.1
Airport Express has version 6.3 firmware
Whenever I try to connect with the Airport Admin Utility, either wired or wireless, I see the Airport Express in Airport Admin, but it has IP 254.128.0.0 instead of 10.0.1.1, like it should. Also it asks for a password, and since I have performed several factory resets, I try public and nothing happens, aside from the error that "it can't read the selected base station configuration".
The wireless card is a Sonnet Aria PC card, with the Broadcom chipset, so it is treated by the OS as an Apple supplied Airport card, shows up in Network System Preferences that way. No sign of malfunction. Anyway the inability to connect also happens while wired to the back of the Airport, so strictly speaking this isn't really about the wireless functions of the Airport Express so much as why I'm unable to adminsiter it.
Powerbook G3 Mac OS X (10.2.x)
Powermac G4 Mac OS X (10.4.7)

According to Apple you need to be running 10.3 to configure an Airport Express.
http://www.apple.com/airportexpress/specs.html
iFelix

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Are you trying to add the AX as a client or to extend your Internet connectivity (WDS) to your AEBS?
For client: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302153
For WDS: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107454

Airport Express refuses to join network.

I have an existing wireless network consisting of a D-Link DGL-4500 router running a mixed 802.11g and 802.11n network. Everything has been working fine for ages. I just bought an Airport Express in order to stream iTunes to my receiver. I plug in the Airport, and get a blinking amber light. I fire up the Airport Utility app on my iPhone, and right away it sees the Airport. I configure the Airport for my network, and . . . nothing. Blinking amber light. The Airport Utility now cannot find the Airport, and eventually gives up with an error. I check the logs on the router, and I see no evidence that the Airport has tried to connect to the router (I can't find the MAC anywhere in the logs).
I also tried to configure the Airport using the Airport Utility on my PC (Widnows 7, 64-bit). I did a factory reset on the Airport. Thereafter, the Utility will not see the Airport. I connect the PC directly to the default wireless network created by the Airport, but the Utility still will not see the Airport. I have to choose "Configure other" from the drop-down and enter the default IP and password for the Airport. Once I have done so, I can edit the configuration settings, but after entering the correct information, the Airport resets itself, and . . . nothing. Again, just a blinking amber light. The Airport Utility cannot find the Airport, and eventually gives up with an error. I check the logs on the router, and I see no evidence that the Airport has tried to connect to the router (I can't find the MAC anywhere in the logs).
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Bob:
Thanks for the reply. My understanding is that the iPhone Airport Utility app passes on the network settings to the Airport. Since the iPhone connects successfully to the router and can access the internet (and therefore presumably "knows" the network), I would think that it is providing the proper information to the Airport.
However, when using the Airport Utility on my PC, I have double (triple) checked that I am entering the correct settings. I've lost count of the number of tries. The D-Link is using WPA2-Personal security.
What makes me wonder if the AIrport is faulty is this: I did a factory reset on the Airport. When it restarts, it thinks it is a base station. I configure my PC to "join" the Airport network. However, the Airport Utility still cannot see the Airport, even when connected directly to it.
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Hey there,
I am using a new wireless N Airport Extreme and an airport express extending it's range while sharing a printer and using airtunes. I have set this device up as "remote", I think that is right!
Now after a couple of months of having this setup working like a charm I have bought another Airport Express, but it simply won't work.
When setting up in the "Automatic" interface, it gets to the part where it asks which network to extend and what the name of the base station must be, then once I click on update it does nothin for a while then comes up with an error message saying "you cannot setup this base station for WDS because this computer does not have a wireless network card"... this error message comes from both my brand new iMac and my MacBook both running 10.4.10.
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Going in a circle here, help would be much appreciated!
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-Nic

Did you recently install Leopard (before adding the second Airport Express)?
I purchased a new Airport Extreme Base Station (802.11n w/gigabit) AFTER I had upgraded all of my computers to Leopard. I am having a **** of a time getting the new AEBS to stay connected to my Airport Express (WDS Network with the Express as a remote). In fact, I have given up completely and am returning the new AEBS and have reverting to using my older Airport Extreme Base Station (802.11g), which works PERFECTLY, even with Leopard installed.
See my message here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1206469&tstart=0
Apple DEFINITELY has some Airport problems pertaining to Leopard and/or the new Airport Extreme Base Stations (gigabit). I will wait for them to work the issues out before attempting to "go N" again.
Mark

Airport express refuses to reset password--solution

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Anyway, here's what I did: I finally tried the password "admin," and voila! Firmware promptly updated. At that point I was able to go in and change the password to one of my own. Anyone else with this problem might want to try the same thing. Good luck!

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http://www.apple.com/airportexpress/specs.html
iFelix

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Have you tried a Factory Default Reset first, and then tried to update the firmware?
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Power down the Express for a few moments
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Release the reset button after 10 seconds
Then open AirPort Utility to see if you can update the device. If you decide to try the default reset, you will lose all of your current settings, so you should understand that you will have to reconfigure the device again from scratch.
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After doing a hard reset on the express it shows up in the airport utility and I follow the prompts to connect it to my extreme network but when I click 'update' I get an error message saying airport utility was unable to find my wireless device after restarting. I tried setting the menu item back to airport before updating but then I get a different error message (see last image).
After I get these error messages I then have to do a hard reset on my express station to get it to show up again. Also I need to reselect the extreme network in the menu
http://xs432.xs.to/xs432/08421/list123.jpg

Perhaps you saved the AE's password previously in your keychain. When you reset the AE, its password reverted to "public" but your keychain was still sending the old password automatically, causing the problem you described. Is this correct?
Please describe your fix in more detail for the sake of others with the same problem who may view your post in hope of finding a solution.

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how do i set up iPad and airport express to stream music to stereo without using internet connection.

Your 4th gen iPad does have the necessary software to connect to the AirPort Express but not to administer it. To do the later, you would need to install the AirPort Utility applet.
You said that your iPad can "see" the AirPort's wireless network, but can't connect. What happens exactly when you attempt to do so? Do any of your other wireless devices have any trouble connecting to the Express? Did you configure the Express for a closed network ... that is, not to broadcast its Network Name?

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Why is Airport Express blocking a website?

capitalone.co.uk used to work for me. Now it doesn't. Stopped sometime late November. Can't access on any computer - iMac, G5 tower or laptop - all are served across an Airport Express connected to the internet via a cable modem.
If I plug the cable modem direct to my laptop, turning off the Airport Express i can access the capitalone.co.uk web site.
If I turn back on my Airport Express and acccess the internet wirelessly that way i cannot see the site. You try it and see if it happens for you. You get a URL and a request for a jsp page, but nothing appears, the screen remains blank.
Clearly they changed something late in 2005 and it upsets Airport Express NAT so it doesn't transmit the page code to my computers wirelessly.
Perhaps academic now, as I am changing my bank as a result of not getting access and being spooked by the likely failure of capitalone.co.uk to write proper code or doing something not allowed which Airport Express refuses to let through.
But really I'd like to see if anyone else has this prob, and any ideas what capitalone.co.uk are doing that it fails to load. Or has the Airport Express NAT rules been rewritten and something denies this particular web site as a result?
Look forward to any feedback anyone can give.
G5 Dual 1.8 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Mark,
It may be a security issue with Capital One.
I was as gobsmacked as you when I read your post first time. Then I noticed you use a cable modem. This causes your Mac to be allocated the IP address assigned to your cable modem by your ISP.
When you plug in an Airport Express unit, it allocates IP addresses to the Macs connected to it. Any network traffic out to the web contains the 192.168.1.x (LAN address) and the WAN address (assigned by the ISP) so it knows where to send it on the way back. Without the Airport Express unit, the network traffic only has the one IP address in it.
Capital One may be detecting the presence of more than one address and not trusting it, especially if you're attaching to a secure web page (https).
I remember that they were caught in a large scam about a year ago, involving thousands of missing cards and web fraud. I remember reading (BBC News website) that the Capital One credit card was the most commonly used card in credit card fraud. Hence all the ads with the crab claiming it's extremely secure, and presumably changes to the website.

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Apple has dropped support in Mavericks (10.9) of the AirPort Express and AirPort Extreme models that were discontinued more than six years ago.
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My macbook on startup now refuses to connect to my airport express

My macbook refuses to connect to my airport express, but instead auto connects to someone else's, my network preferences seem correct, even after I correct this, and get the mac to connect to my Airport express manualy, if I put my macbook lid down, when I reopen it it is back to the other wireless connection. There is no pasword on the rogue connection. This is driving me mad and have had to turn my macs wireless off, as when I reverted to Ethernet it was still registering as being connect via wireless, i e rogue site and it froze again and again.
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Please try each of the steps that follow, in order, until resolved:
STEP 1
Create a New User Account
System Preferences > Accounts
Click "+" to add a new account
Log off, and then, log back on with the new user account.
Try connecting to a Wi-Fi network with your Mac's AirPort.
STEP 2
Delete Preferred Network(s)
System Preferences > Network > Select AirPort > Advanced > AirPort tab
Under Preferred Network, use the minus button to delete the network(s) you regularly use from the list
Delete AirPort Keychain Entries (Note: only applies if you connect to AirPort/Time Capsule routers)
Launch the "Keychain Access" application located in /Applications/Utilities
Click on the "Kind" filter at the top, and look for any "AirPort network password" entries...and delete them.
Restart, or log out then back in.
Add Preferred Network(s)
System Preferences > Network > Select AirPort > Advanced > AirPort tab
Under Preferred Network, click on the plus button to add any preferred network(s).
Restart or log out then back in.
STEP 3
Disable the Mac OS X Firewall
System Preferences > Security > Firewall
Click the "Stop" button.
STEP 4
Move System Configuration Files
(Note: You will have to reestablish your network connections settings.)
Go to Macintosh HD/Library/Preferences
Move (not copy) the SystemConfiguration folder to the OS X desktop.
Restart your Mac. (Note: OS X will rebuild the files that are now sitting on your desktop. If this doesn't resolve the issue, you can move the folder back to its original location.)

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.

AirPort Express not working and Apple refuse to help.......

*post if you have the same problem*
I bought an AirPort Express base station, with the intension of turning my work network into a wireless network, as it said i could on the back of the box.
My work network has 802.1X wired security. Thats good because so does my AirPort Express base station, on the back of the box it says that it has 802.1X security..... So whats the problem you ask? I cant find any 802.1X security setting on AirPort Express...
If anyone can help then I would be very very very greatful, Apple dont want to know , so I hope you guys can help.
thanks if you can help....
(btw Apples product support is the worst I have ever had).

Hello Pete_B. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
I cant find any 802.1X security setting on AirPort Express...
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