Cannot obtain network connection with Clear modem. Is there a special trick to get beyond the blinking amber light?

My connection follows this chain:
Clear modem to telephone router
telephone router to network router (in this case I am attempting to set up the AirPort Express in this place).
so I have opened up the Airport Utility and didn't have any luck with getting the Network Connection to turn green and subsequently the AirPort Express is not completing the handshake with the network to get fully connected.
I've gone back to a Netgear router in the meantime and that gets the conection right away. I have only Mac computers connecting to the router and one Epson printer that will connect wirelessly.
Any advice or experiences with this setup would be appreciated. Thanks.

I got the support I needed directly from Apple. It turnsout to have had zero to do with Clear. I had named the new AirPort network the same as the previous network and we concluded that it was making the new settings confused. I did a hard reset, renamed the network to a completely unique name and we were off and running. Thanks Apple!

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