Creation of WDS fails on final step - unable to update settings

Question

Hey Ya'll -
I've setup my WDS several times in the past and it's always worked flawlessly. For whatever reason, it quit working recently, and I decided to do a hard reset on my routers and re-create the WDS. I have two Airport Extreme Base Stations.
I've followed the instructions for creating a WDS to the letter. It does everything exactly right until the final step ... after it says "WDS created succesfully" - I click OK, and it says:
1) rejoining this base station's network
2) writing base station configuration ...
It hangs up here, and after about 5 minutes, it finally unlocks (spinning colored beach ball) and says "the airport admin utility was unable to update the settings of the selected base station".
Both base stations are in range right here on my desk. I've tried this 4 times now, and it crashes in the same place everytime.
If I run Airport Admin Utility on each router separately, to change the password, rename the router, etc., it connects easily, writes the configuration, and exits properly. I've done several tests (changing the name of the router, mostly) and I've even tried doing the manual WDS creation, but it does not work.
I have 10.4.3 with Apple Base Station V5.6 and Apple Airport Admin Utility Version 4.2.
Help!~?
Thanks,
FRED

Answer 1

I would suggest going to
https://helpx.adobe.com/support.html
and jumping through whatever hoops are needed to get to the CHAT capability, then initiating an online chat with an Adobe Support person. You will end up speaking with someone in India, but I've had strange problems such as yours solved several times this way. You need to be patient, as it's not a "quick" process, but it should get you to where you need to go.
Good luck.