HT1731 Can't Detect / Scan Airport Express

I'm having problem of Detecting / Scanning Airport Express with the AirPort Utility when it is in "Join Current Network". The light at the AirPort Express is Green in color, but i can't connect it or use the AirPlay Function.
However, this does not happen if i'm using the "Create A Wireless Network".
Please Help.

Check your setting on both of the AirPort Express devices as follows using AirPort Utility - Manual Setup
Main AirPort Express:
Click the Wireless tab below the icons
Wireless Mode = Create a wireless network
Check mark next to Allow this network to be extended
Update any changes
Remote AirPort Express:
Click the Wireless tab
Wireless Mode = Extend a wireless network
Network Name = Same as Main
Check mark next to Allow wireless clients
Wireless Security = Same as Main
Wireless Password = Same as Main
Update any changes
Power cycle the entire network..power everything down
Start the modem first and let it run a few minutes by itself
Start the Main AirPort Express the same way
Start the Remote AirPort Express the same way
Start your computers one at a time the same way

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Check your setting on both of the AirPort Express devices as follows using AirPort Utility - Manual Setup
Main AirPort Express:
Click the Wireless tab below the icons
Wireless Mode = Create a wireless network
Check mark next to Allow this network to be extended
Update any changes
Remote AirPort Express:
Click the Wireless tab
Wireless Mode = Extend a wireless network
Network Name = Same as Main
Check mark next to Allow wireless clients
Wireless Security = Same as Main
Wireless Password = Same as Main
Update any changes
Power cycle the entire network..power everything down
Start the modem first and let it run a few minutes by itself
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Start the Remote AirPort Express the same way
Start your computers one at a time the same way

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You must install the older utility.
Try this one and tell us which thing doesn't work.. later versions of lion use the same method as Mountain Lion.. Apple actually blocked it from working.. amazing people!!
How to load 5.6 into ML.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1482
Click to open the dmg but do not attempt to install the pkg.. it won't work anyway.
Leave the package open on the desktop so you can see the file. AirportUtility56.pkg
2. Download and install unpkg.
http://www.timdoug.com/unpkg/
Run unpkg on the desktop.. If your Mac refuses to run the software, because it wasn’t downloaded from the Apple store, go to security in preferences and allow other software to work.. this is limitation of trade methinks. You can set back later if you like.
Now drag the AirPortUtility56.pkg file over to unpkg.. and it will create a new directory of the same name on the desktop.. in finder, open the new directory, drill down.. applications, utilities .. there lo and behold is Airport utility 5.6 .. drag it to your main utilities directory or just run it from current location.
You cannot uninstall version 6 (now 6.3 if you updated) so don't try.. and you cannot or should not run them both at the same time.. although I have had no problems when doing so.
For screen shots see this post.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4668746?tstart=0

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it worked fine in the past. then I tried to switch to time capsule. I had problem with this. Probably I deleted in the airport utility programme my old airport express (pressing ignore).
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What can I do that the utility programme discovers again my airport express?

Be sure you perform the reset correctly. While the Express is powered up, press and hold the reset button and keep it depressed continuously, for at least five seconds, until its LED flashes rapidly. After a moment or two, the LED will flash amber, slowly. The Express will then appear as an unconfigured base station in AirPort Utility.
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Thank you SO MUCH Tesserax for taking the time to help!
I powered everything down, slowly powered everything else up from the modem to the airport then the computer. I then reset the airport & rescaned it through utilities. I set up a new network & voila! wireless up & running again.
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Hi, I’m visiting my family in China, and now trying to help my dad, with his Airport Express and how to set up a PPPoE connection.
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Any solutions to this? I'm in China also, in Beijing, trying to get my Airport Express to work with an ADSL modem.
Direct ethernet cable connection to my Macbook works fine.
When I configure the Airport Express with the ID and password that seems to be fine also – Airport Express shows a green light.
But I cannot figure out the settings to connect wirelessly from my Macbook to the Airport Express. I get a constantly scolling message: "Looking for PPPoEhost..."
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Some Internet providers that limit access to a single device at a time do so by the device's hardware MAC address. If your ISP is one of those, you may be able to substitute the MAC address of your AirPort Express base station for the computer. I would suggest that you contact them to find out if this is allowable.

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... including a "hard reset" or a "factory defaults reset"?

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Remember that the Express can only "extend" the quality of signal that it receives, so it must be located where it can receive a strong signal from the "main" AirPort.
If you don't need the Cisco wireless signal, you could turn it off.....or use that network for guests or something similar.
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I'm not sure what you mean. You can't find the express to set it up.. or you can't find the network created by the express?

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