Having trouble setting up Airport Extreme Base Sation

Hi,
I'm new to a wireless set up for my Mac.
Initially I tried to set up entering various passwords along the way and discovered my cables were not connected correctly - I rectified this and tried again.
I was then encouraged to proceed via Bridge mode which I did and eventually got a confirmation that set up was complete.  However my light on the Airport Extreme went from solid green to a slow amber flash and I was made aware of 2 problems by AirPort utility 1) Your Apple Wi-Fi base station does not have a valid IP address   2)  This Apple Wi-Fi base station doesn't have any DNS server addresses and might have trouble connecting to the internet
Despite this I am connected wirelessly to the internet and so wondered how, or if I need to, solve these two problems?
Thanks for any help on this

Update
I skipped the problems and updated anyway - It then came back with the 2nd problem and a few moments later said this was resolved.  I still had amber light but after starting AirPort Utility a couple of times I eventually got a solid green light and no reported problems.

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