Airport express stays yellow when hooked up to ethernet

I am using a cable moden, and can access the internet by connecting directly through ehternet. But when I put the ehternet cable in the Airport it does not turn green. I have reset it, the modem and nothing seems to work. any thoughts?

Power everything off and ensure that the cable modem is turned off.
Wait 30 minutes.
Plug the cable modem in, then plug in the Airport Express.
iFelix

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How is the express getting internet? What modem is it plugged into?
How is the extreme setup? New extreme cannot be setup with 5.6 utility.. you must use latest 6.3. Which also means you cannot setup from computer using less than Lion .. or you must use iOS with latest utility but it has limited configuration cf the computer version.
IPv6 is also needed.. turn on local link.

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AirPort Express wireless connection, when I surf the news sites so I linked to **** pages. And must close the window. If I use my iPhone with Internet sharing the same computer, then I have no problem.
I believe that it is in AirPort Express, and would have to clean it. How do you do that?

You need to use the Express in router mode.. I think you are trying to use it in bridge mode.. but you need to give us a lot more details.. screenshots might help more than anything.

Airport Express Stopped Working when I switched to FIOS wireless router

AirPort Express worked for several years with Linksys router. When I upgraded to FIOS service, it came with a new wireless router. I have two Macs (iMac-G5 and MacBook 2.0 GHz) and work-supplied Lenovo T-61. Network is set up with WPA2 with 23-character-long pass phrase. AE (802.11B/G) will not connect to network. I can reset it to factory defaults and Airport Utility will find it. I then change the wireless interface on iMac to match the default network and I can configure the AE. When I apply the configuration changes, the AE reboots and never comes on-line. It stays in either the blinking orange pattern or in the alternate between orange and green pattern.
I have tried setting the AE up manually as well as "automatically" and have not had any success. I was a network engineer for over 10 years, so I have lots of experience configuring IP routing and switching. The log files on the FIOS router do not show any attempts by the AE to connect to my LAN.
Does anyone have any suggestions?

Suspecting a problem with the security key, I began to experiment with different security settings. My first attempt was to change the security setting on the Verizon router from WPA2 to WPA. I did not change the key. When I did, I was able to configure the AirPort Express and then get the Airport Express to reboot and establish wireless communications with the FIOS router. Again, the only change I made was to switch the encryption type on the FIOS router from WPA2 to WPA. I have no idea why the AirPort Express would not properly join the network when the main wireless access point (the FIOS router) was using WPA2 security.

Airport Express EXTREMELY Slow when extending Aiport Extreme

So I have an airport Express hooked up to my airport extreme to extend my wireless network. Those devices that connect to my Extreme download 25+mbps. Those devices hooked up to my airport express (those that are farther away and naturally pick the closer router, which is the express) won't break 1mbps. I live in a remote area, there is no inteference I can find (I downloaded iStumbler), I've changed the channels from auto through the range, I've done everything I could think of to try to figure this out. As far as I can tell there is just some sort of incompatability between these two devices that should go together like peanut butter and jelly. Instead I've got peanut butter and anchovies. I've googled around, I'm not alone, and I have yet to see even a decent attempt at a solution. IF you have one, I'll offer you kudos galore! Thanks!

Start your investigation by taking the AirPorts to an Apple store to have them checked out for proper operation.
Assuming that they work correctly at the store....and you continue to have difficulites at home.....it's pretty clear that something in or around your home is causing the problem.
iStumber will not display the signals from an offending cordless phone at your house or a close neighbors. Nor will it display any "closed" networks (you can't see the name of the wireless network) in the vicinity. Nor will it display a wireless security/camera system, microwave tower signals, satellite receivers, TVs, and the long list goes on and on.
I've had wireless difficulties in the past and could not figure out where the problems were coming from. I hired an RF signal pro, who came out with equipment and performed a survey of signals in the area.
iStumbler revealed a total of 4 or 5 networks. The professional equipment revealed 31 sources of potential interference problems, just to give you an idea of how difficult it can sometimes be to identify the real source of interference issues.
Post back when you have had the Apple folks check the devices out and we'll then try to narrow some of the possibilities down.

Airport Express error (-15006) when trying to connect as a remote speaker?

I use an Airport Express (g) to port music to my stereo.
Recently it stopped working and although the green light is on (ie connected) when I try and connect iTunes to it gives me the waiting bar and then error (-15006).
I've tried doing a 'hard' reset on the unit and reconfiguring it but no change.
Is it broken or is this a software/setup issue?
Thanks,
Dan.

After reading dozens of reports about this issue in this forum I found my solution and I want to thank everybody for their contribution. Here is what I did. I think this can help many of you that are having your airport not recognized by airport utility:
1- connect your aiport express to your computer with an ethernet cable
2- while mantaining your aiport express connected to your computer by this cable do a factory reset (see apple support to learn how to do this simple procedure)
3- at this time you will see a steady ambar light in your airport express
4- launch airport utility and wait 30-50 seconds
5- airport express should now appear with factory settings ready to be setup
If you have an Airport Extreme base station and want your airport express joining your network follow the above procedure and TURN ON airport in your Mac in order you can access your airport express through airport utility.
I hope this help you. My airport express (n) is working again with firmware 7.4.1 that many people claim to have a bug as is air tunes. My house is a 2 story building and this airport is on the top floor where te network could be problematic but it is not.
Regards,
Jose

Airport express Blinks Yellow After Setup

I'm sure this has been asked before, but I couldn't find the answer.
I'm running windows xp on my desktop and have a DLink wireless router.
I'm trying to use airport express to stream music to my stereo. I've had it up and running in the past, but my airport has been unplugged for the last month and now it's stopped working.
I've set everything up with through the Admin utility with my airport connected to my router via ethernet.
Everything is fine until I click to update, the airport restarts, then nothing... just a flashing yellow light.
If anyone could point me in the right direction or tell me what I 'm doing wrong it would be greatly appreciated.

Have you tried reseting it and starting from a clean slate? Set it up and then post back.

Airport Express - Light Yellow

Hi to every one!
I bought one week ago the airport express reconditioned on App Store.
I installed the airport utility on my Macbook Pro and then i try to configure the airport express to my network. At the first time MBP recognizes the device and start the configuration, after 10 minutes OS X tell me that it occurred an error and i must restart the device. I restar the device but MBP didn't recognized anything!! There is a flashing yellow light on the airport and the system didn't recognized it...according you what is the problem? I also tried to reset it but nothing, the problem persist..... ;(

Is there anyone that can help me??

Airport Express not working when used with Broadband Router **HELP!!!**

Hello.
I have an ethernet network in my house, and I am connected to the network via a Linksys router for Broadband VOIP and internet. I am on a G5 in my home office and want to stream music to my Airport Express for my home stereo in the living room, via the ethernet connection.
The problem is that when using the router in my network, only the Admin Utility sees the base station-- iTunes does not.
If I remove the router from the equation altogether and plug the network ethernet cable directly into the G5, the AX in the other room works just fine and I can get internet on the G5 in the office. The problem is that I need the router to operate my Vonage VOIP phone service and to connect a second computer to the internet as well. The IP address for the router in the home office is "192.168.x.xxx" and when I try moving it to the living room and connecting the AX to it, the Admin Asst doesn't see the AX at all.
When I connect the router to the network in the office, I can use internet on both computers and the VOIP phone service, and the AX Admin Asst. sees the base station from the other room. But again, iTunes does not.
Is there a way to configure the router to see the AX?
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Forgive me if this a little off thread, but I have just managed to get this to work and thought it might help people with similar configuration issues (mix manufacturer wireless networks)
I received an Airport Express (FW v. 6.3) for Christmas this year. I already am using a D-Link DI-524 wireless(G) router (Rev A FW 1.03) for my Comcast cable modem in my house (downstairs). What I wanted to do is to add the Airport Express in my office upstairs to my network (client mode) so that I could print from my HP Deskjet 3740 printer and listen to iTunes on my stereo through Airtunes. I have two iBooks (G3) with regular (802.11b) airport cards in them) running Tiger.
I ran into a couple of snags though. I could see the printer in Rendezvou and I could see the airport express in iTunes. I however could not print to the printer or connect to the speakers. I was able to connect to the speakers very intermittenly and then the audio would be disrupted every few seconds.
After a bit of hacking, what I found is that it seems that WPA PSK security doesn't work between the two. I changed the security to 128 bit WEP (ASCII mode). This means that you need an exactly 13 character pass phrase. This is necessary because Apple (and pretty much only Apple) supports 40 bit WEP (5 chars) and D-Link (and the rest of the Windows wireless universe) supports 64 bit WEP (7 chars), but they both support 128 bit WEP. I assume you could set both up as an open network if you were far enough from your neighbors, but I am in a townhouse complex, so I thought I probably better have some security on the network.
Now I only see one network (the one set up on my D-Link router) and I can print to my printer and stream to my stereo through iTunes (without disruption). Seems to work seemlessly now.
I should also mention that I did about three other things. I moved the LAN subnet on the D-link router to 192.168.1.1 (DHCP client address are now between 1.100 and .1.200) I had heard that this was necessary since both routers tried to use the 192.168.0 subnet, but I think this is only necessary in relay mode. I also statically assigned the IP address for the Airport Express. Finally I set up a firewall rule of Source WAN/LAN IP addresses of 192.168.1.100-200 of any protocol from ports 1-20000 to the same destination address range should be allowed to allow for all LAN traffic to be passed. I am very certain this is unnecessary and possible dangerous for security, but I thought I should mention that I did it.
Hope this might help someone.
Michael
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Airport express very slow when extending Time Capsule

I'm trying to help my father solve a networking problem.
For the past several years, I had him using an airport base station and (2) Airport Express units as extenders.
He was using a circa 2004 Powerbook G4 17" and a MacPro Dual Core tower unit.
I finally got him to upgrade the Powerbook to a the new Macbook Pro i7. With the older computer out of the loop, I also upgraded him to Time Capsule.
Everything is installed and running now. However, the network speed in portions of the house where the Express is supplying the signal is very slow. A test on the laptop with DSL Reports gave an average upload speed of about 200.
When I move the laptop right next to the Time Capsule, I got a DSL Report speed of 22,000!
This issue is not laptop specific (it shows up more on the MacPro because it's in a back room), but seems directly related to the speed passing through the Airport Express.
What did I do wrong or do the Express units need to be upgraded (they are on firmware 6.3)?
Thanks!

Bob -
Was wondering if you can elaborate on your response and perhaps help me? I apologize if I have missed this topic covered elsewhere.
I am using a N-capable Time Capsule and an older model G-speed airport express. My biggest issue is that my wireless speeds are 1.5 download and 1.9 upload when in fact my cable modem pumps out 15! In reading your posts I see that my network is likely dropped down to G due to my old express, and in fact my computer may be running of a spliced version of that if using WDS settings?
I think i'll end up calling apple support at some point but was curious if you can go over the facts of using N and G together, and if i can have my macbook pro speak to my N network only and my iphone 3G speak to G airport express only?
Last piece of info is I use the airport express for my music.... not sure if this means they must be WDS or not? I'm just looking to get my N devices as fast as possible while continuing to use my G express. If you tell me i need to upgrade to a N express I can live with it.... but if i can avoid the $100 and work with what i have...all the better!
Thanks in advance,
Joe

Airport Express - Discontinuous Audio when used for streaming music

I recently installed a new iMac with Leopard along with Time Capsule as the base station connected wirelessly to the iMac. Added Airport Express to this network and everything looks like it works after a couple of tries.
When I play iTunes on the iMac and select the Airport Express speakers, I get a discontinuous sound. iTunes plays the music for 10 sec, stops for a few sec, then picks up where it left off...repeat endlessly.
iTunes plays back fine on the computer's speakers.
Any thoughts on how to fix the discontinuous music streaming ?

1. Check to make sure that iTunes isn't hogging all of your CPU when it is running. If your CPU starts running at 100%, you will get audio dropouts. Make sure that unnecessary processes don't load at boot time.
ok, cpu is fine, between 0 and 25% when playing
2. In Quicktime, Edit -> Preferences -> Quicktime Preferences -> Audio -> uncheck "Safe Mode". If this doesn't work, then recheck. You should reboot to make sure.
DOne, rebooted, undone, redone, nothing helps
3. In Airport Express Utility, Wireless -> Wireless Options -> Check on Use Interference Robustness
also done
4. If you have a lot of wireless internet routers in your neighbourhood you can try changing your wireless channel. Netstumbler will show you what's going on in your area.
tried all of the 13 channels!
5. If using a router and your Airport Express is a client of your router, move the antennas on your wireless router. One of the antennae should be at a 45 degree angle from the router so that the two antennas don't cause a conflict with each other. (Imagine dropping two stones into a pool of water where the waves created by the stones are equal to the radio waves produced by your router; the waves hit each other and distort the path of each one; by moving one of the antennae on an angle, this conflict is avoided.)
antennas turned as you told me, still not better
6. In iTunes, you might try changing the following: Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Change the buffer streaming to "small" (or one of the others).
done, and also tried "medium" and "large"....
7. If you are using a third-party router, and you are comfortable with changing the settings, and if you have this setting, you might want to try lowering or increasing the Beacon Interval.
not familiar with this, what is a third party router? I have one main router for adsl and digital tv, + trying to get airport working for music...
8. Of course, don't have a metal filing cabinet, or hollow tubes (yeah, even toilet paper rolls -- so no iTunes in the bathroom, please) -- as these would also interfere with broadcast.
no interferences, no metallic cabinet, no toilets around lol
what can I do more? give it back to the shop, buy a MAC computer instead of my pc? I think I'm going to give that thing back to the shop....
Thank you very much for all your help but here I'm realy, realy getting fed up with this. Either it should work perfectly, either not, but here, sometimes it works, sometimes not, and there's no appearant reason when it drops.....you'll never know when it's gonna happen and for how long.
So disapointed!

HT5022 I've downloaded AirPort Util 5.6, in order to manage my Gen 1 Airport Express. But when I go to mount, it says it can't be installed as version of OSX (latest Mountain Lion) is not supported. Feels like Im back using Windows...

I've downloaded AirPort Util 5.6, in order to manage my Gen 1 Airport Express - because Airport Util 6.0 won't recognise it.
But when I go to mount, it says Airport 5.6 it can't be installed as my version of OSX (latest Mountain Lion) is not supported/does not support on 5.6.
Super unhelpful error messages bringing back memories of using Windows...
Anyone sussed this, or have Apple just fazed out the original Airport Express hardware on the sly?

Generation 1 AirPort Express is Model No A1264. Check the side of your Express to look for the model number there. AirPort Utility in Mountain Lion will configure this model.
More likely, you have an older "b/g" version of the Express. Apple started the "Generation" thing with "n" capable devices. The Model number of your device is likely either A1084 or A1088. AirPort Utility in Mountain Lion no longer supports these older "b/g" devices.
If you have a Mac there running an earlier version of the operating system, you can use that to configure the Express.
Or, there is is workaround to install AirPort Utility 5,6 for Lion on Mountain Lion. See this article for details:
http://www.macworld.com/article/1167965/mountain_lion_and_the_ancient_airport_ba se_station.html

My computer cannot see my new airport express (Blinking Yellow)

OK, Ive been sitting here for an hour and this thing keeps blinking yellow..lol
I reset it twice but it will not appear in the airport setup utility.I am trying to extend my network from my Airport extreme in the basement.
Im sitting 2 feet away from it on my macbook pro
what gives?
Message was edited by: Thomas Colontonio

I hope you are sitting 2 feet away from the Airport Extreme with the Airport Express plugged in near it along with your MacBook.
If not, you should do this all in the same room to begin with..
Next, it sounds like you need to reset the new Express.
Unplug it, push a clip into the reset button and while holding the reset button in, plug the Express back in and keep holding the clip in for at least 10 seconds.
Now, wait a minute or two and see if the Express shows back up in the Airport Utility window.
If it does, set it up again the way you want.
Joseph Kriz

Airport Express Hum only when AirTunes is not playing

Hi,
I have an Airport Express, the Airport Admin Utility says it is Apple Base Station V6.3 (I presume that's the firmware version).
As long as AirTunes is streaming music to it, it works fine, but as soon as AirTunes stops streaming, there is a barely audible 60Hz hum (you have to be within 2 feet of the speaker to be able to hear it).
If I stream complete silence to it (I made a silent track with GarageBand to check this) there is no hum (there is a very faint white noise though, not sure if I like it much better than the hum).
So my suspicion is that if there is nothing streamed to AirPort, it lets its output go "open loop" and then the two feet of cable picks up the 60Hz from the electrical wiring in my house. It's similar to just connect an audio cable to your amp and leaving the other end just lying around, not plugging into any audio device.
Is there a patch/firmware update that would always keep the output "closed loop" if nothing is streaming to it?

thing I can think of is to change the source on the preamp (for instance
if Airtunes is on Aux, I push Tuner or Disc) when I have finished with
Airtune and want some silence...
Interesting work-around. Unfortunately it won't work for me because I plugged AirPort Express directly into my poweramp .. left-over from my purist days when I didn't want a preamp sitting between the music and the poweramp
Good to hear someone else has the problem, I hope someone from Apple could chime in whether a firmware change to "close the loop when not streaming" is technically possible, or if there is any other type of solution.

Airport Express Stops working when broadcast is turned off

Router: Linksys WRT54G version 2
Using: Airport Express
Purpose of Airport Express: To enable wireless speakers.
After a lot of trouble with the router and eventually having to update all router firmware, changing the type of security the router was working, etc I finally have the router up and running.
Everything is working fine but the last step I'd like to do is not have my SSID broadcast. As soon as I stop broadcasting the network the extreme loses it's connection.
The audio bridge I used before (Sondigo) hasn't updated it's drivers for windows 7 in months so I switched to the airport express but the audio bridge didn't need the SSID to be broadcast to work once it was connected to the wireless network.
Is it possible to have the SSID NOT broadcast and the extreme to continue to extend + broadcast the wireless speakers?
Thanks!

Welcome to the discussion area, Carl M!
You'll enhance your chances of the AirPort Express joining the hidden Linksys network if you "hard reset" the AirPort Express by holding in the reset button until the amber light blinks more quickly, then release.
Configure the Express again to "join" your Linksys wireless network. Since the network will not appear as a choice to join, you'll have to type in the exact name of your network, security and password to give the Express the best chance to connect.
This procedure will sometimes work, sometimes not. Might be worth a try.
Message was edited by: Bob Timmons

Airport express stays yellow when hooked up to ethernet

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