Cannot Extend my Network with Airport Express

I have an existing Airport Express that was used to Extend my network from my AP Extreme. It's now flashing amber, so when I went to see it in Airport Utility, it was no longer there. I had to reset my Express base station a while back, so it may have disconnect the 'extend'. I reset the express and then re-opened the Utility, I saw it and tried to configure it, but it failed. Now when I open the Utility (with the Express unplugged), the Extreme base station is not showing. if I plug in the Express, it's the only one that shows. Somehow the Extreme is working (even when Express is unplugged) and I have a wireless connection, but I still don't see it in the Utiltity even after doing a rescan. FYI - I run Windows 7

I should have posted this as a question so I could close it (I'm new to this). I found the answer to my question in another post.

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Use the search as this has been done to death ..
Bob Timmons is the expert on this.. look at his answers here.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4274187?start=0&tstart=0
https://discussions.apple.com/message/21856077#21856077
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I just purchased a Time Capsule (2TB) and replaced my Airport Express WiFi. My intention was to expand my network, using the AirPort Express to expand the Time Capsule signal. I have tried several times and cannot get it to work.
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I have been using a Be Box modem for my wireless internet connection but it is a fair way from my downstairs area - where I use a laptop and my upstairs area where I use my computer (Imac).
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My question is this: can I run the Express at 2.4GHz (802.11b/g/n) while I run the Extreme at 5.0GHz (802.11n only), even though they're on the same network?
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This is the correct.
and then connect the airport express in a line to have wifi in all rooms of the mansion.
Apple's "extend a wireless network" feature will only allow you to "extend" the signal one time. So, the first Express would connect to the AirPort Extreme wirelessly and extend the signal.
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I wanted to add this.. I followed the guide here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4260 to extend using ethernet, and the above is the result.
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Hello,
I'm having some difficulty that's driving me bananas!
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OK so I've been tying it out but unfortunately to no success. Everything looks fine and all lights are green but the network isn't getting extended - just as before.
Click the Wireless tab
Wireless Mode = Extend a wireless network
Wireless Network Name = Same name as the Time Capsule network
Check Mark next to Allow Wireless Clients
I don't have an option to extend a network, only to join: http://flic.kr/p/a222kR
I do get the option though if I use the guided setup, even though it doesn't work: http://flic.kr/p/a24TQQ
I did try one other thing though. I set up the Time Capsule and it works great. Then I tried instead, to use my Airport Extreme to extend the network. The Extreme did give me an option to extend the network in the drop down menu and a checkbox to Allow Wireless Clients, unlike the Express. I do believe that this is now working. I now need to find the best place to put it to extend the range.
My Expresses are only 802.11g so they're pretty old but as I said, it worked at my Dad's house but not here. Does it make a difference that the Airport Base Station at my Dad's house is an older UFO shaped Snow Airport? I'm becoming suspicious that seeing as I've only ever lived in small houses and apartments that maybe they never worked?? I've recently moved into a more spacious house so could this be the problem?
One final test using iStumbler showed that it could see Apple Network XXXXxX until I configured it. Once it was configured it disappeared from iStumbler. The Airport ID number had gone from the list.
Do I need newer n compatible Airport Expresses then? So many questions pop up now... When I turned my Express into the base station (which only throws out a g network) then surely I should be able to extend to the next Express (which is also g only)? It still didn't work. The Express are on version 6.3 by the way. Having the Extreme extend the network is a good start but I also need the others to work too. Do you think I'm correct in my assumption?
How about WDS, could that work? Will WDS slow the network considerably?
Sorry if this message is rather long and garbled and again, thanks for your interest and advice.

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