Extended network setup with printer and airport disk

The network I want looks like this: The modem plugs into Airport Express using ethernet. Audio plugs in here to go to the stereo for music. Then the signal is sent wirelessly to an Airport Extreme in the other room, which has a printer and a hard drive connected to it.
I can't get the Extreme to stop flashing yellow. I tried extending the network created by the Express. I tried a WDS network with Express as main and Extreme as remote. Same network name, different network names, factory resets...I seem to be at a loss. I had an older "Snow" type Airport and I had the printer working on it (though it didn't support hard drives). I can't seem to duplicate the steps I took when I set up that network.
Thank you for any help you may be able to offer.

Tim,
It would help to know which AirPort Extreme, 802.11b/g or n, and Fast Ethernet versus Gigabit, and Express (b/g or n) devices you have.
Also, if you have any of the newer 802.11n AirPort devices, make sure that you update the firmware and AirPort Utility software.
If you're trying to setup a WDS, that's for 802.11g and if you're trying to "extend" a network, that for 802.11n.
Hope this helps.

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