Airport Express - status repeatedly cycling from solid amber to solid green

Hello, my Airport is cycling solid green to solid amber approximately every 5 minutes or so. Any insight would be greatly appreciated! Thank you.

Perform a Factory Default Reset on the AirPort Express
Resetting an AirPort Base Station or Time Capsule FAQ
After the Express restarts, it should blink amber slowly. If you try the Factory Default Reset a few times and the Express will not blink amber slowly after it restarts, you have a defective AirPort Express that will need to be replaced.

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I have internet and everything seems to be working.
I have reset and pulled the power cord on both the extreme and the internet block
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If things seem to be working OK, but the amber light is flashing......the AirPort Extreme has a message for you. To see what that might be......
Open Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility
Click on the AirPort Extreme icon
Click on the amber dot in the small window
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If that is the case, and several tries at a Factory Default Reset have not been able to free up the lockup, then it is unfortunately likely that the AirPort Express has experienced an internal electronic component failure and will need to be replaced.

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Hello Cloud19,
The article linked below provides some helpful information and troubleshooting that can help resolve issues with AirPlay and your Airport Express.
iTunes: Troubleshooting AirPlay and AirPlay Mirroring
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS5209
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"I tired the reset button"
Have you done a factory reset?
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=108044

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Ist es möglich ein Airport Express als WLAN-Repeater mit einer FritzBox 3390 als Basisstation zu verbinden?
Kann die Airport Express auch über LAN-Kabel mit der FritzBox verbinden, so daß ein einheitliches Netz (z.B. 192.168.10.*) entsteht? Und falls ja, ist die Verbindung über den WAN-Anschluß oder einen LAN-Anschluß der Airport Express herzustellen.

Ja, Sie können die AirPort Express als Repeater für die FritzBox verwenden, indem Sie die beiden mit einem Ethernet-Kabel. Verbinden Sie das Kabel mit dem WAN (Kreis Punkte) Anschluss auf der Express. Dann konfigurieren Sie beide Router für ein Roaming-Netz.

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Welcome to the discussions!
If you reset the Extreme back to factory defaults and reconfigured it, you will need to do the same for the Express.
Plug the Express into power and hold in the tiny reset button until the amber light begins to blink rapidly.
Open AirPort Utility to reconfigure your Express to "extend" the network created by the Extreme. If Airport Utility can't "find" the Express, temporarily connect an ethernet cable from the Express to your computer.
You may find it a bit easier to use the Manual Setup option on the Express since you already know how your Extreme is configured and you will use many of the same settings.

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Are both your AirPort Extreme and AirPort Express 802.11"n" devices?
If yes, you can configure the Express to "extend a wireless network" and it will provide more wireless coverage and the Etherent port will be enabled so that you can connect an Ethernet device.
This assumes that the Express is located where it can receive a strong signal from the AirPort Extreme.

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i recently moved to a new apartment (new got a new modem from Time Warner) and I cannot figure out how to get the internet working. Each time I perform the reset steps for the Airport Express, the will green light comes on and the internet works, then after a few minutes I get disconnected and the AEx sports a blinking amber light. When I use the Airport Utility tool to troubleshoot, the first error I have is "device does not have a valid IP address".....no clue where to go from there. help!!!!

Download and install Air Radar to get a look at the visible wireless networks around you. Click the Scan button at the lower right of the main window to run a search of wireless networks. The program is free for 15 days.
Let the program run a few minutes and then look for the number of wireless networks that are showing up and more importantly, write down the channels that they are operating on. Run a scan again in 30 minutes or so to see if things have changed.
This won't display all the wireless networks, because most modern routers, Apple included, allow the user to "hide" their network. In other words, it can be operating, but it won't show up on your computer and may not show up on Air Radar. So, it's possible that a network is interfering with your wireless and you won't be able to identify it.
You won't be able to do anything about a neighbor's wireless security system, or a nearby cordless phone (almost all of them operate on the same 2.4 GHz frequency that most wireless networks use, so they cause far more problems than people imagine). When you get ready to test your AX again, if you have a cordless phone, turn it off for an hour or so, just in case. Same for a nearby TV.
When you are ready, you will do a Manual Setup of the AX, but do not do this until you have a survey of other wireless network channels in use around you.
Open AirPort Utility, click Manual Setup
Click the Wireless tab below the row of icons
Wireless Mode is Create a wireless network
Wireless Network Name - Your choice
Radio Mode - 802.11n (802.11b/g compatibel), or if all your computers are "n" capable, you can select an "n" only Radio Mode like 802.11n 2.4 GHz. Hold down the option key when you click on the selection box to see more choices
Channel - Set this to a channel that is as far away as possible from the other channels that Air Radar has picked up. You may need to experiment further with these settings as I suspect there are at least a few "hidden" networks there.
Wireless Security - WPA/WPA2 Personal
Password - Your choice
Click the Music icon to setup AirTunes if you wish
Update to save settings.
If still no luck, go back and change the Radio Mode to 802.11n only 5 GHz. I'm assuming your computer(s) are "n" capable, otherwise they will not be able to pick this up. There are fewer networks on this band, but the signal does not travel through obstructions as well as a 2.4 GHz signal.
You have now done just about everything possible to work through Possibility #3.
If the AX continues to lose it's settings after a short period, you have now moved to Possibility #4.

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Thank you so much for your reply. I went over the AP utility and reread the notes and solved the issue! Now, I need to solve a printing issue - I have two laptops, two Ipads and my Imac in my network and I would like them all to be able to print using my HP printer. Working on that now!!!

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Hi there,
I probably should've gone for a walk before posting this but I am just effed off with a supposingly simple set-up that dont follow through...i guess this will probably end being something daft my end, either not reading the instructions or just having apples (no pun intended) and oranges as regards my hardware/software and overall intentions.
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The AirPort Express will "join" virtually any wireless network if it is provided with 3 correct settings:
1) The name of the wireless network being joined....I assume that you already know this
2) The password of the wireless network being joined....I assume that you already know this
3) The exact type of security settings of the wireless network being joined.....this is where users have difficulty with the AirPort Express setup....because they either use the default settings on the Express (which may likely not match the settings on your wireless network), or they guess at the wireless security setting (which do not match the security settings on the wireless network).
So, the main question here is.....do you know exactly what type of wireless security that your network is using? The Express must be provided with those exact settings in order to join the network correctly.
You will need to perform a Factory Default Reset on the Express and then start over with the configuration again.
Power off the Express for a few minutes
Hold in the reset button first, and keep holding it in for another 9-10 seconds while you simultaneoulsy plug the power back in to the Express
Release the reset button after the hold period and allow a full minute for the Express to restart to a slow, blinking amber light

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Trouble with Airport Express as repeater

Hi Community.
I want to extend the WiFi-range of my new (4th-gen.) Time Capsule to the other end of the house by use of my old AirPort Express (probably 1st gen. - only 802.11b/g-mode).
I read some of the threads here in the community and thought that I had understood how to to do that but now my Time capsule keeps switching between steady green and yellow flashing lights. On AirPort utility 6.0 I see that apparently my internet connection is supposed to be lost whenever it goes to the yellow light. I had no such troble before I changed the configuration to "Participate in a WDS". Before it was on "create a wireless network".
To summarize what I did:
Using AirPort Utility 5.6 I first switched the Time Capsule (which is connected to the modem and to my iMac via ethernet) to the "Participate in a WDS network" and clicked "Allow this network to be extended". Unter the "WDS-Menu" I set it to "WDS main" and clicked "Allow wireless clients". Afterwards I entered the MAC-Adress of my AirPort Express under the WDS Remotes. Then I updated the Time Capsule. (it is still set up to also transmit signals in the 5 GHZ / n-mode under a different automatic channel, but this should not affect the AirPort Express, since it does not receive any signals in 802.11n - does it?)
Afterwards I connected my AirPort Express via ethernet to the Time Capsule and also set it to "Participate in a WDS network". The Radio Mode is on "802.11b/g compatibel" and it is on the same channel as my Time Capsule. Under the WDS-Menu I set it up as a WDS-remote, allowed wireless clients and entered the MAC-Adress of my Time Capsule as the WDS-Main.
Now I try to run the setup and every 10 seconds or so the yellow light of the Time Capsule lights up.
Does anybody have an idea what might be wrong?
Thanks!

Except for enabling the "Allow this network to be extended" option which is only valid for 802.11n networks, it sounds like you did everything correctly, but please take a look at the following step-by-step procedure to see you if may have missed something along the way.
Static WDS Setup with "Mixed" (802.11g & 802.11n) AirPort Base Stations
Note: To facilitate the WDS set up:
Perform a "factory default" reset on all of the base stations that you plan on using in the WDS. This will get them back to their respective "out-of-the-box" configurations.
To avoid having to "switch" wireless networks within the AirPort Utility, temporarily connect the remote base station(s) to the Time Capsule (TC) by Ethernet during the set up phase, and then, relocate it to the desired location when complete.
Be sure to jot down the AirPort IDs (MAC addresses) for each of the base stations to be used in the WDS. The AirPort ID is printed on the label on the bottom/side of the base station.
Main Base Station Setup
Click the AirPort status menu in the menu bar and choose the wireless network created by the TC.
Open AirPort Utility.
Select the TC, and then, choose Manual Setup from the Base Station menu.
Enter the base station password if necessary. If the base station is using the default password of public, you will not be prompted for a password.
Click Wireless in the toolbar, and then, choose “Participate in a WDS network” from the Wireless Mode pop-up menu. Note: You will need to hold down the Option key in order to get this option on the AEBSn, 802.11n AirPort Express Base Station (AXn), or Time Capsule (TC).
Click WDS and then, choose “WDS main” from the WDS Mode pop-up menu.
Select the “Allow wireless clients” checkbox if you want client computer to connect to this base station.
Click the Add "+" button and enter the AirPort ID of 802.11b/g AirPort Express Base Station (AX).
Click Update to send the new settings to the base station in the WDS.
Remote Base Station Setup
Open AirPort Utility; select the AX, and then, choose Manual Setup from the Base Station menu.
Enter the base station password, if necessary.
Enter the same network password as the TC, if necessary.
Click AirPort in the toolbar, and then, click Wireless. Choose “Participate in a WDS network” from the Wireless Mode pop-up menu, and then, choose the same channel as the TC from the Channel pop-up menu.
Click WDS and choose “WDS remote” from the pop-up menu.
Enter the AirPort ID of the TC in the WDS Main field.
Click Update to transfer the settings to the base station.
(ref: Pages 42-46 of "Designing AirPort Networks.)
(ref: Setting up and configuring a Wireless Distribution System (802.11b/g)

Airport Express not receiving DHCP from Ethernet

Hello All,
Recently, one of my Airport Express 802.11n access points started using the self assigned IP address 169.254.238.166. While troubleshooting, I have found that this device will receive an IPv4 address when I connect it's Ethernet interface to my D-Link DG-S1248T, but not when I connect it to my Linksys SE2500 (the one it was connected to for over a year before starting this behavior). Ordinarily, I would suspect that something is preventing the Linksys from switching DHCP packets correctly to the Airport Express, but I can assure you the Linksys is sending DHCP packets because I am starting this thread from a Mac Pro connected to that Linksys, with a valid IPv4 address, and wireshark is showing bootps request and reply. I'm using bridged mode on the Airport Express, because I already have a gateway as my DHCP server with NAT, and created a wireless network with firmware version 7.5.2. I even setup another Airport Express 802.11n right next to the faulty one, same config (except the ID), same switch, and it works fine. I also swapped Ethernet patch cables on the Airport Express 802.11n Ethernet interfaces. The green LED access point went back to green when the cables were swapped, while the blinking amber access point stayed blinking amber. Therefore I believe the problem is localized on the faulty Aiport Express 802.11n. Has anyone else seen this fault? What is the root cause, and how did you repair the issue?
Thanks!

The Airport Express was functioning normally as recently as last Thursday, when I unplugged it to move. I took care in transporting it so there was definitely no chance of physical damage.
You mean that it was functioning normally when it was connected to a cable modem last Thursday. Everything has changed. Unfortunately, the Express is known to sometimes have problems after it has been plugged in for a long time, is unplugged, and then started up again. On average, I lose an AirPort Express about once a year this way.
Power up the Express for a few moments
Hold in the reset button for 8-10 seconds and release
Allow a full minute for the Express to restart to a slow, blinking amber light
Connect the Ethernet cable from wall jack to the WAN "O" port on the Express
On the Mac, open Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utilities
Click on Other WiFi Devices
Click on AirPort Express
The utility will suggest a setup that looks similar to this, except you will see a different picture of the AirPort Express
Network Name = Name that you want to call your wireless network. Keep it very simple.
Base Statation = Name that you want to call the AirPort Express device
Password = Password that will be used for both the wireless and device
Verify Password
Click Next
The utility will setup everything for you. When you see the message of Setup Complete, click Done
Check the network

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