Can't connect Airport Express wirelessly to network so that AirTunes and internet are available simultaneously

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.
What concerns me more is the loss of bandwidth performance you are experiencing when connecting the AX. When the AX is configured as a wireless client it is acting just like any other wireless devices (computer, laptop, printer, etc.) and not like another router. This should cause little or no bandwidth loss. True the more secure the wireless encryption used WPA2 vs. WEP, the more overhead is required for security, but the differences you are seeing seem excessive.
It is very possible that you may have some form of Wi-Fi interference in the immediate area that is preventing your Linksys from providing a good clean signal.
I suggest you perform a simple site survey, using utilities like the following to determine potential areas of interference, and then, try to either eliminate or significantly reduce them where possible:
For Macs:
o MacStumbler
o iStumbler, or
For PCs:
o NetStumbler

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I live in halls and I have an ethernet connection in my room which I want to send to my airport express and connect wirelessly on my macbook. The network is 802.1x secured, so I have to connect it each time if I've got the ethernet cable attached.
I've managed to get the airport express working as a wireless network, with airtunes, but it won't connect to the internet, I just get a 'server not found' error whenever I try to use the internet. The warning for 'no ethernet attached' has gone away, but I can't find anything else in airport utility which tells me that I'm connected to a network.
How can I get the airport express to connect properly and give me internet?

Welcome to the discussions!
Many schools prohibit the creation of wireless networks, so you might want to check on this before you try it.
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Open AirPort Utility, click Manual Setup
Click the Wireless tab below the row of icons to setup your wireless network. You want to "Create a wireless network" and enter your network name, security and password.
Then click the Internet icon
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Hello, cannot connect airport express wireless to linksys router. Connected now with ethernet cable but cannot figure wireless connection. My laptop cannot find the express while preforming setup scan, yet I'm connected to it. I can connect with my iphone but not wirelessly. Any suggestions?

....I was then told over the phone that airport express will not connect to third party routers.
This is NOT correct.
The AirPort Express will connect to a wireless network if you know the following:
1) The name of the wireless network
2) The exact setting for wireless security that the network is using
3) The wireless network password
Most users know 1) and 3), but very few know the exact type of wireless security settings that their wireless router is using. The Express will not connect to the wireless network unless it receives all of the information listed above.
So...we will assume that you know the name of the wireless network and the password for the network.
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You may need to check the setup of your wireless router....or if the router was supplied to you by an Internet Service Provider, they may be able to tell you what type of wireless security setting is being used.
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This looks like the answer i've been looking for having spent half day trying other approaches. Agree with comment below that instructions with AE from Apple are totally inadequate but frankly, disagree with solution as this disadvantages almost every grandma/pa, non computer adapt person in the world and perpetuates the approach from manufacturers that it is our problem if their products dont work. My local Apple shop is closed on Sundays so i will probably try this solution but really, if it does not plug and play with the minimum of fuss, and if the manufacturers dont support their product then simply take it back to the shop and demend your money back. I dont even bother re-wrapping such products anymore. You can bet your bottom dollar that if every person that had searched this forum for a solution to what appears to be a common problem had simply returned the product we would not all be spending our free time trying to get products working using inadequate instructions.

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This is not good, since according to Wikipedia, AES is superior and considered part of WPA2, which Apple claim they support (and yes I am using firmware V6.3)!
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I have an airport extreme that I set up 2 years ago. It works with my computer, using itunes (although it disconnects constantly).
I'd like to set it up with my ihpone but I don't see it in the wifi settings and I don't see it in the airport utility.
I have the latest iOS5 on an iphone 3GS and the airport extreme is not the latest 802.11n but the version before that one.
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Should I be able to connect the iphone to the airport extreme to stream music for example?
Although the iPhone can connect to the wireless network, provided by the AirPort Extreme, you would still need either an AirPort Express or Apple TV (performing as an AirPlay speaker) to get the stream from the Extreme to either a set of powered speakers, audio receiver, or TV to hear it.
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Perform a Factory Default Reset on the AirPort Express as follows:
Power off the Express and wait a minute or two
Hold in the reset button on the Express and keep holding it for an additional 9-10 seconds while you simultaneously plug the Express back in to power
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So I have somewhat of a problem here, and I'm hoping to get some input. Basically, my house is 3 stories. In the basement, we have a room with all of our networking hardware (our modem with an AirPort Extreme router). On the 2nd floor of the house, there's an AirPort Express in the kitchen. On the 3rd floor, there was an AirPort Express in my parent's room, which I just recently unplugged to move to my room (I needed an extra ethernet port source ). Anyways, in AirPort utilities, I had everything set up perfectly fine. Both AirPort Expresses were set to "Extend Network," which is how we wanted it. Now, for some reason, the AirPort Express in the kitchen got the error message "AirPort Express was previously part of your network." So, I clicked "Forget" and was just going to set it up again by selecting it from the drop-down menu and going from there. The only thing is, it's not there... I don't know how moving the Express on the 3rd floor led to this, but it did. Any ideas on how to get it back? There's all green lights across the board (AirPort Extreme in the basement, AirPort Express in the kitchen, AirPort Express in my room). The connection in the kitchen is a bit iffy, but in all other spots across the house it's 100% fine.
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Welcome to the discussions!
Many schools prohibit the creation of wireless networks, so you might want to check on this before you try it.
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Open AirPort Utility, click Manual Setup
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Then click the Internet icon
Look for the Connection Sharing setting at the bottom of the page and set this to "Off (Bridge Mode)"
Update to save changes and the AX will restart

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