Can see my airport express

I moved my computer from upstairs to downstairs almost a year ago and have not connect with my Airport Express since. I have Verizon FIOS wireless network that works fine between the 2 floors. I tried to locate the Airport closer to the computer but only blinks amber. Per airport utility checked for updated software. How do I get reconnected with my airport? Need house full of music by New Years...

If your AirPort Express device is blinking amber, then there is a problem unrelated to where your computer is located.
I presume that you have some sort of router in addition to the AirPort Express. If you can connect to the AirPort Express with a computer using AirPort Utility, click Manual Setup and then click on Status: under the Summary tab to look for a clue as to the problem.
If all else fails, try resetting the AirPort Express device [again].

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Totally frustrating. I'm running Yosemite and iOS 8.0.2. Airport Utility on my Mac (rMBP & 13" MBA) never finds the airport express. My iOS app finds it, then says that it's not part of the network anymore. Crazy because my internet/WiFi go directly through it and there are no interruptions. Any ideas? This is seriously dumb.
No, I haven't tried resetting my Airport Express since upgrading to iOS8 or Yosemite as every time I do it takes forever to start working again -> won't acquire an IP address for hours...
TIA

Tried that, no luck. Utility is just searching. I can 'see' the router & attached disk fine in the finder though + internet is working just fine. Sometimes, it does have issues connecting to it in the finder window.
This is what I see in the utility. At this snapshot, it's been sitting there for 5mins:
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Macbook can't recognize Airport Express!

Hi guys,
I have a Macbook Pro Retina 15" Early 2013 running Mavericks 10.9.1. My router is the Apple Airport Express A1088 and what is happening is: I did the setup of the Airport Express last year and everything was working fine. I had to download the Airport Utility 5.6 and then I configured the Airport Express. Alright. But today, my wifi connection was not showing in my Macbook Pro, but it was working fine in my iPhone 5. I tried to turn the Airport Express off, and the same for my Macbook Airport, but it doesn't work. So I decided to do a hard reset and also a reset to factory settings. What is happening is my Macbook Pro showed only one time after doing the reset and I did all the steps of the setup using the Airport Utility 5.6. But when the airport express restarted, it was working only with my iPhone 5, not with my Macbook. So I tried to reset again to factory settings and now I can't do the setup because the Airport Express doesn't show up in my Macbook as a new base station or anything else. With my iPhone 5 I can see the Airport Express as a new base station, however I am not able to setup it because it is a old version (A1088).
I don't know why my Macbook Pro is not showing up the Airport Express. I have already tried to make it work with Windows (via virtual machine) and using Airport Utility 5.6. I also know that THIS IS NOT A HARDWARE PROBLEM! Any other network I am able to join with my Macbook.
I also looked in this forum about other users that had the same problem, but almost all of them started working after a hard reset or reset to factory settings, which is not working for me.
I just wish my Macbook to recognize the Airport Express, until yesterday everything was working fine. And today it is only working with my iPhone, but I am not able to set up it with the iPhone.
Help!
Thanks!

Hey Luis!
I am sorry - i only searched for Apple Airportutility and Mavericks to post the Link :-)
Did you already tried
- to delete your Wifi from the list of known Wifi's from your MacBook/System Prefs/Network/AirPort/Option/
- or maybe delete and reinstall the AirPort Service from your MacBook/System Prefs/Network
Cheers
Robo

My iMac cant see my airport express?

Hi, I have just moved into my new place and tried to setup my iMac and apple TV. My appleTV can see my airport express but my iMac cant. My iMac can see other wifi networks but the utility cant see it. I have reset my airport express and I have the internet plugged directly into it. Can anyone help?

Hi
When you say you reset the Express... which method did you use?
I would try a factory default reset, if you haven't already. If that doesn't work, then you could have an issue with your iMac
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Airport Utility can no longer see my Airport Express Base Station.

Hi all the problem I have is as follows;
I've set up my Airport Express Base Station some time ago to print wirelessly from my HP Photosmart C4280 and it was working fine.
However recently when I've gone to print a document, even though the printer is working fine and the Airport Express Base Station is showing a green light nothing happens. I've gone into the Airport Utility and its say's it can't see the Airport Express Base Station (even though it still has a green light showing). If I unplug the Airport Express and plug it in again, the Airport Utility can suddenly see it again.
I've successfully gone through the reset process but after a few minutes the Airport Utility can no longer see the Airport Express Base Station which means I can't print a document wirelessly. I've repeated the reset process several times with the same outcome.
Everything was working fine up until recently, has the Airport Express Base Station developed a fault? or is there something I'm not doing.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

If you're comfortable resetting all settings, unplug it, hold down the reset button and keep holding it in as you plug it back in - keep holding it for another 10-20s until the amber light flashes
Then, open airport utility, now you should be able to see the device either on-screen or in the upper left under 'other wi-fi devices'

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recently updated my itunes and the firmware on my airport extreme and suddenly itunes does not recognize my airport express for speakers and my mac through airport utilities can not see my airport express. *** I have tried everything and nothing will bring the airport express back to life what to do

rosenkd wrote:
*** I have tried everything
... including a "hard reset" or a "factory defaults reset"?

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So this is a weird issue- and I haven't been able to find a prior discussion on this topic. Apologize in advance if I asking something that is already well documented.
but I've seen the problem on two separate laptops now: if I stream my itunes through my airport express speakers and then subsequently close my laptop (presumably putting it into hibernate or some other energy saving mode), itunes cannot see the airport speakers upon reopening the laptop. I have to reset Itunes - and then it will see these speakers every time. Same thing happens when I reset my airport express- sometimes I have to reconfig the router through the airport utility. As soon as a press update and the router resets... then itunes cannot see the airport express speakers.
Not a huge issue- just requires a lot of rebooting to fix. Buts its frustrating.. my macbook speakers are lame. I wish itunes has some sort of speaker refresh button that would reset the speaker settings.
My wife says it is known itunes bug.. anyone know anything on this?
Thanks in advance everyone!!

1. Did you try just to switch back to the cpu-speaker and the directly back to the express?
2. Did you do a firmware update of your express? Just open the express-server-program to do so.

Can't read airport express base station configuration wirelessly

The setup:
2TB time capsule that takes the ethernet feed from the cable modem for internet access.
Airport express 802.11g plugged into speakers for Airtunes. No ethernet connection, just a wireless network.
The problem:
I can only read the airport express base station configuration when the mac is plugged into the time capsule by ethernet cable. This does not happen with the other mac I have on the network. It can connect to both the time capsule and the airport express without any problems. So unless I'm plugged in, iTunes and airtunes doesn't connect to the base station, and neither can Airfoil 3.5 or Airport Utility. Airport Utility does see the airport express. It just doesn't read the configuration wirelessly.
I think this had something to do with elgato eyetv not liking airfoil, but I can't say for sure.
Any thoughts?

When I switch it on all three lights flash, but then after a while the middle one stays on and nothing happens.
You posted in the AirPort Express area, but it sounds like you have an AirPort Extreme Base Station (AEBS)--correct?
If so, let's start by performing a complete power recycling of your network components to make sure that the BT Voyager router "recognizes" the AEBS.
Modem/Router Power Recycling - Quick
- Power-off the BT Voyager modem, AEBS, & computer(s); Wait at least 5 minutes.
- Power-on the BT Voyager modem; Wait at least 5 minutes.
- Power-on the AEBS; Wait at least 5 minutes.
- Power-on the computer(s)
If this fails to get the modem to "recognize" the Internet router, then try the "Full" version.
Modem/Router Power ReCycling - Full
- Power-off the BT Voyager modem, AEBS, & computer(s). (Wait at least 30 minutes. If possible, leave the modem off overnight.)
- Power-on the BT Voyager modem; Wait at least 30 minutes.
- Power-on the AEBS; Wait at least 5 minutes.
- Power-on the computer(s)

PC cannot see wireless Airport Express using Ethernet on D-LINK DIR-655 Router

This seems to be a recurring issue going way back, but I have yet to see a real solution posted.
I am using my Airport Express (APX) to stream music from the computers on my network to my stereo via Airplay. I have APX set up to wirelessly join my existing wireless network, which uses a D-Link DIR-655 router hooked to a Time Warner cable modem. I can succesfully connect all of my wireless devices via Airplay, through iTunes to my APX, including two laptops and an iPhone. However, my primary desktop PC, which does not have a wireless card is linked directly via ethernet cable to my D-Link router, and it is not able to see my APX. I can, however, see the Airport Express from my PC through my Airport Utility by directly typing in the IP address. Note that the APX set-up option to allow Ethernet clients is checked. I also noticed that my laptops will stop detecting the APX if I directly connect them to my D-Link router via Ethernet and turn off their wireless cards. They will resume detecting APX when I turn their wireless connections back on. So, bottom line, I am convinced that this is not a firewall problem. Although I have tried every conceivable setting of my D-Link router and APX, I am convinced it is either a wireless to ethernet communication issue, or some obscure setting on APX.. Any help would be appreciated.
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I can not enter Airport express setup

I have an Airport Express with the latest firmware updated it yesterday.
Now suddenly after working perfectly from yesterday to today I lost the access to the internet.
I then proceed to do a HARD reset on it to reconfigure it. But I can't reach it.
I have tried several times with the Airport utility (updated this one too yersterday) and both with Iphone and Ipad. With the devices i get the error "An unexpected error happened, try again" this pops up after it detects this and tries to connect to the Airport via the option in the Wifi config in the Ipad that lets you configure a Airport station.
When I try witht he Airport utlility on my PC (XP sp3) I can see the airport after a scan. But I can't connect to it.I get a " Connecting to 'Apple network XXXXX' please wait" and then the connecting dialog dissapears and nothing happens.
I know what IP the Airport get so when I try to connect to it directly via the Airport utlity and using the "public" password I get the following error: "An error occurred while trying to access the Apple wireless device. make sure your network connections is valid and try again." and Error code -6753
This is getting frustrating now.. I have tried to do hard reset several times. I see the wifi network being created but I can't connect to it.
I've tried with the iphone and the ipad with the same errors..
Anyone have an Idea.. or shall I just pack it up and sent it to Apple for a replacement?
Regards
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You need to install an older version of AirPort Utility on your Mac. Here is a suggestion:
http://www.macworld.com/article/1167965/mountain_lion_and_the_ancient_airport_ba se_station.html
iOS devices will not be able to configure your older AirPort Express.

HT1515 How can I use Airport Express (1st generation) with OS X Mavricks?

How can I use Airport Express (1st Generation) with OS X Mavericks?

1st Generation AirPort Express will work fine with Mavericks.
Are you sure that you have a 1st Gen Express?
Check the model number on the side of the Express. 1st Gen is A1264.
If you see A1084 or A1088, these are much older versions of the Express that were sold long before Apple began to use the Generation naming with "n" wireless devices in 2007.
Mavericks will not support the A1084 or A1088. Use another Mac running Leopard, Snow Leopard, or a PC if you need to administer the older Express.

Why can't my Airport express be found by the airport utility?

Why can't my airport express be seen by the airport utility?

I have the same problem.
I have a Mac Pro OSx10.7.5, a Netgear router, A 1st gen Airport Express Model A1264 set up in Bridge Mode w/ LAN cable as Network 2 for Airplay, the iPad palys music and connects to the internet great through it. I want to extend Network 2 to another set of speakers in another room so I bought another AE A1264. "Like new"
So far I cannot get the computer to see the new AE at all. I have tried it wired to the router, wired to the Mac, wireless near the 1st AE, I've reset it and restarted multiple times. It just isn't showing up at all. ZIP. I get a slow blinking yellow light.
The Airport Utility "Configure Another"comes up with a Mac address I haven't seen before. I don't know if it's the new AE or not. In any case none of the passwords including " " for a password work. It spins and I get an error message that "An error occured while reading the configuration"
Even when it was new the first AE took some doing to be seen by my Mac which was plenty annoying since it should just pop up but it did eventually connect via LAN. Once I configured it it worked on my network.
These things have been a real pain. Please advise.

Utility Airpot Version 5.3.2 (532.8) can't find Airport Express

Hi,
I've been using my Airport Express base for a year whit no problems.
Since the the 4th of June, I can't connect to my net anymore. My utility airport can't see the Airport express base anymore.
I'm on MacBook Pro Intel core 2 duo MAc OS X 10.5.3 running Utility airport version 5.3.2
What's the most bizzare aspect, is that my brother who has an old Ibook G4 but is running on the same OS X 10.5.3 and the same Utility airport versione 5.3.2 doesn't have any problem at all!!
I tried even to initialize my mac so to bring it back to the state when always was working fine, but still utility airport can't see any base!! Whereas my bro keeps surfing fast and furious...
I'm getting mad over that...please help me!

I actually have the same problem (but don't get excited - I haven't fixed it yet)!
Around the first week of June my airport express wasn't emitting the signal any more but my airport extreme base station was fine.
I tried changing my password from WEP to WPA/WPA2 which I guess is more up to date and more secure - thinking that since I'd upgraded to Leopard there were incompatibility issues some how.
I've done a hard reset to the airport express (I have not tried restoring factory settings yet - I might try that) and it showed up in the airport admin utility and I tried to reconfigure it and it timed out and said that it was not able to configure it (or something to that effect).
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Cant see my airport express

Hello, can somebody offer some advice?
I have a PC and a airport express which worked fine originally. They now dont like each other!? The PC seems to recognise the 'apple wireless network' but when using the admin utility (& set up assistant) I cant see my airport express.
Just the dreaded flashing amber light.
Have tried re-installing both my wireless network card and airport software but no luck.
Any advice?
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I can't connect Airport Express wirelessly to network so that AirTunes and internet are available simultaneously. My old AE allowed this but can't make the new one work that way.

In your instructions, you say to use the same encryption type as the router has set up. well, I am using the WEP 64 bit encryption and the Airport Utility does not have this...it has 40 bit. Is this a problem, or do I have to be using a the same type of encrytion ?
WEP is available in either 40 or 104-bit, but is usually "advertised" as either 64- or 128-bit respectively. For example, 64-bit WEP uses a 40 bit key (also known as WEP-40), which is concatenated with a 24-bit initialization vector (IV) to form the 64-bit RC4 traffic key. So, WEP 64 on the Linksys & 40-bit is equivalent.
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