Get an amber flashing light wherever I connect

I just purchased an airport express, my home set up is a bt 2wire router...thing(?) which goes into a d-link switch this then goes out to the other computers in the house via ethernet cables, although the 2wire151 is wireless the room I want to use my macbook in is too far away from it. I wanted to use the airport express to take in the home network via ethernet and send it out wirelessly...(if that makes sense) I connected the airport express directly to the 2wire151 via the ethernet cable that leaves it and normally enters the d-link and it flashed amber I had previously tried connecting it to one of the cables that comes out of the d-link upstairs with the same result, wherever I connect the express on the network it still flashes amber!...but if I plug my macbook into the same cables it connects to the internet perfectly!
any help would be great

This procedure shouldn't be necessary with a new out-of-the-box Airport Express, but try following the hard reset procedure described here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=108044
If after connecting the Airport Express to your network it still flashes amber, I would suggest you return it for a replacement. The troubleshooting steps you have taken so far certainly convince me that your own network and the cable you are using is not at fault.

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