Don't need wireless, except to play tunes

Hi. My brother bought an Airport Express simply to play airtunes. He would like to setup the following
cable modem --- Mac mini >>>> Airport Express ---- stereo
When he opens up Airport Utility it can't find the Airport Express. Is there anything basic we have to do to enable his Mac mini to act as the base station to the Airport Express?
I helped a friend to do the exact same setup about eight months back (except it was using the previous model Airport Express) but for the life of me can't remember how to do it!
Message was edited by: Richard Tench

This is complicated because the Mac mini has to act as a base station but yet it has to configure the AirPort Express (AX) to join it's network as a wireless client.
It would be much better if your brother bought an inexpensive wireless router and used that instead of his Mac mini as that base station.
To configure the Mac mini to act as a base station, go to System Preferences->Sharing preference pane and enable Internet sharing from Ethernet to AirPort.
You will want to then configure the AX to join the Mac mini's network as a wireless client.
You may need to reset the AX and you may even need to temporarily connect the AX via Ethernet to the Mac mini to configure the AX.

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