Express not playing with Extreme

I've been having trouble with my Verizon FIOS so I've had to do a lot of connecting, reconnecting, restarting, etc. In the meantime, this means that the cooperation between my Airport Extreme and the Express has been messy. The config is as follows:
FIOS comes into an Actiontec router, wireless is off on that router
Signal goes out of the Actiontec via Cat 5 to the Extreme into the WAN port
The Extreme then talks to the Express in another room which is there for the machines that are not wireless
Currently, the light is green on the Express, but in the Airport Utility, when it restarts, it either is able to restart the Extreme or the Express, but never get both up. If I let it continue to restart I get a message eventually saying "Airport Utility was unable to find your Apple Wireless device after restarting..." with more details that the device was successfully updated and and I may need to select the network from the Airport menu....blah blah...click OK.
I also can see there's a printer connected to the Extreme, but I can't print.

Just in case someone else is having this problem, I found a solution here on the boards that fixed me right up. Alas, I can't find the message that I lifted this from so I can't properly thank whoever posted it, but here's the text that saved me after a few months of my Airport Express simply not working:
"After spending far too many hours configuring an AirPort Express to extend an AirPort Extreme Base station network with WPA encryption and closed networks, we can share some tips that may save others time.
"We first updated to the latest AirPort software and used this to update the firmware in both base stations. (You can use Mac OS X 10.3 with the appropriate version of the AirPort software; a separate version applies to Mac OS X 10.4.)
"Next, reset the AirPort Express to its defaults, using the tiny reset button on the device. Now, using AirPort Admin Utility, connect to your AirPort Extreme Base Station and use the WDS panel to enable the AirPort Extreme Base Station as a WDS "main base station" and "allow wireles clients". Then, you can click a "+" button to scan for the AirPort Express, which can then be automatically configured as a remote - far easier than connecting directly to the AirPort Express and configuring it manually.
"We did make one change to the AirPort Express configuration, however: setting its status light to blink on activity. This is helpful in checking the configuration, because we couldn't tell which base station we were using from the client side, as both base stations use the same network name."

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It seems like lots of folks are having similar problems. Here are the specifics of my problem:
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1. New Airport Extreme N, 7.3.1 firmware, configured as WDS main, radio mode n (g/b compatible), works fine, internet connects, security WEP (Transitional).
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3. Previously used Airport Express G, 6.3 firmware, configured as WDS relay after a hard reset. After update, Utility no longer sees the express. Light is green, can get wireless signal from this unit but no internet connection.
Ultimately I'm trying to connect to another Express G with 6.3 as a WDS remote. But that's a moot point till I can get the relay working.
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In another location, I have set up a similar network (Extreme N as WDS main to Express G relay to Express G remote). This was a while ago, so it was probably a different Airport Utility.
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- Why WPA keeps showing up when I've only selected WEP
- What to do about Expresses not visible by Utility
- Why internet connection isn't being shared
- How should IPv4 be set on the relay: manual? DHCP? It's DHCP on the Main (Extreme).
- Is there a previous version of Utility which doesn't have these problems and is compatible with Extreme N? The Express N is optional for me, though the extra range would be helpful.
- Now I get an error message when trying to join my wireless network on the formerly working Express ...
- To switch the MacBook from one Airport to another, I turn the MacBook's internal Airport off, then on. It will then connect to the one with the strongest signal. For some reason it isn't connecting to my network automatically; I have to select it each time. It used to find the network automatically. Not sure what changed here.
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Follow the isntruction lisetd below...they work.
Actually, the ae is a slick device, once you get it to work.
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(middle of page) are not checked...if one or both are checked, they limit (hide) wireless connectivity options (e.g., WEP-64) to choose from.
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OMG!!! You are da man!!!
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> We inserted flash movie files (developed in
Captivate-saved as flash 6
> with a
> skin) using the insert flash movie menu option in
AW7.02. We inserted the
> skin
> and it also pulls the captivate movie. We published
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> publishing.
> Our self-executables work fine. However on the web the
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> the
> movie does not play. If we imsert the movie alone, it
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> have
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> suggestions?
>
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