Airport Network Doesnt Connect to the internet!

Hi,
I recently had a long powercut in my area and when the power finally came back on my netgear router would no longer connect to the internet and not even push out a signal (the ethernet cable still feeds internet when plugged directly into the macbook however). I figured the powercut damaged the router and replaced it with the new Apple Base Station Extreme as I already had an Express extending my network via another ethernet cable upstairs which worked fine.
The problem is still there with the new router. I have set the new network up in Airport Utilitly and the Extreme and Express dont always work. More often than any other issue is the the Internet is flicks from green to orange. The internet ethernet cable I plug into the Extreme clearly feeds internet but as soon as I plug it into the base station I get nothing (im assuming there may have been nothing wrong with my netgear router now and a problem with my connection).
I have reset the Extreme and Express many times and it works for a while (sometimes), but then I try to connect my ipad/iphone or smart TV to the network and it drops out. All products are apple apart from the TV. So frustrating as I never had these problems before this particular powercut!
Here are some screen shots of my network:
1) This is with the internet plugged directly into the macbook
2) This is with the ethernet cable (which feeds the internet) plugged into the Extreme (and etherent cable from extreme into mac book otherwise you sometimes can see the base stations). With this picture I couldnt access internet or base stations settings.
Sometimes however the system does work and then suddenly drops out. I have checked my DSL modem/router which feed the internet and there are no problems with it. It doesnt seem consistant at all. How can it suddenly work then drop out? This happens as soon as I connect another device like my ipad as well, then I have to reboot all over. I cant imagine that every device in my house are broken! My network has gone to pot!
Sending this with the ethernet plugged into my mac book direct haha!
Would be most grateful if anyone can help!

Images didnt work in first post, this is the first
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