Cannot See Airport Express in Airport Utility

I've been browsing the other topics, but don't see one with my exact problems.
I got an Airport Express for Christmas and was able to get it to work on my parents network; but now that I'm at home, I can't get it to even show in the Airport Utility. I've reset the AX by holding down the button for over a second. I've set my Airport Extreme to be extendable and to be n/g compatible.
I've seen advice like making the name and pass match the base station, but I can't even get to a point where I can see it...
Advice?
Thanks,
Chris

I had similar problems and was able to resolve my issue like Simon. I think you need to hard reset your Airport Extreme base station first, then open Airport Utility and reconfigure it using WAP2 encryption. Then hard reset your Airport Express (by the way, you need to unplug it, push the reset button using a paper clip and keep holding it down while plugging it back and wait until it flashes green 4 times, then release) then you should be able to see your airport express in Airport Utility, and reconfigure it to use WAP2 (I used the same password for both base stations) and, at least in my case, voila! all lights turned green and worked. Good Luck,
Ron

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