I Cannot Make AE Base Station Work as a Hub

I have a G5 with Airport Extreme base station and I'm trying to use a separate Airport Express base station so I can plug my non-wireless G4 ethernet cable into the Airport Express and plug into my existing network, yet I cannot make it work!
I am so frustrated. I was using a D-Link 810 hub and it was so easy, yet there seems to be no way I can configure the Airport Express to be a simple access point, it seems like I have to set it up as a node on a WDS, which is uneccessary, or the G4 just can't see any network connection on its ethernet cable when plugged into the Express.
I thought it would be so much easier switching our D-Link 624 with the D-Link 810 router/access point to all Macintosh, but I am completely befuddled by how to replace our old setup.
If any of y'all can give me any help, I'd sure appreciate it...thanks!
Ed

You must connect the AirPort Express Base Station to the AirPort Extreme Base Station using WDS. This will activate the LAN port on the AX, and your computer should then be able to access the internet.

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Thanks for the reply. I appreciate the response. I tried that approach this evening and it didn't work for me. (Technically it worked for me, when I was hardwired into my base station, but would not work for me wirelessly, which is my main issue.)
Again, using the approach you recommended works only if I have my ethernet cable attached to the LAN port so my computer is communicating directly to the base station through the hard wire. I am able to scan for my base station and make setting adjustments normally this way too.
As soon as I disconnect from the LAN port and try to go wireless is where I run into problems. The Base Station's wireless network I created is available to choose in the top right corner of the monitor with all of the other available wireless devices/networks -- but the network I created does not have access to the internet. I am also unable to configure my Base Station wirelessly. When my Airport Utility tries to scan for the Base Station and Network, it cannot find any Apple Wireless Device. It's like the Wireless Network in my base station is not sending out a signal.
Is there a way to resolve this issue?

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Pls can anyone advise on next step...
I need to reconfigure my OLD graphite base station as I bought this from someone who +_has forgotten his password_+. I have followed step by step of the Apple Support instruction...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2439
But unfortunately everytime I try to reconfigure (taking care to follow every step)...
I FAIL... as there is an error and cannot complete.
I have walked through every step both automatic and manual and cannot enter a new configuration.
ALSO I am doing this connected via the ETHERNET IP 192.42.249.15 setting as instructed (this maybe why I cannot succeed!) BUT...
I cannot connect at all via the wireless as the temporary stated password 'PUBLIC" does not appear to allow me access.
Help from anyone would be most appreciated. thanks
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If I understand correctly, you are saying that you have been able to complete all of steps 1 through 8 listed in article HT2439, but you cannot reconfigure the base station according to the last step, step 9.
The article's reference in step 9 to AirPort Setup Assistant is out of date. AirPort Setup Assistant version 4.1 or later will not work with the Graphite, whereas any earlier version of AirPort Setup Assistant will not work with Mac OS X 10.4 or later. Therefore, you must use AirPort Admin Utility to reconfigure the base station. (The best version to use on a computer running Mac OS X 10.5 is AirPort Admin Utility for Graphite and Snow 4.2.5.)
The second paragraph under "Additional Information" in the article, pertaining to the use of AirPort Admin Utility to reconfigure the base station, also contains wording that is out of date. The gist of it is that it is advising you to disconnect the Ethernet connection to the computer, make AirPort active, join the Graphite's wireless network (whose name should have reverted to a series of numbers, with no WEP password), and re-launch AirPort Admin Utility (or Re-scan, if it is already launched). The base station password, "public" -- note: lower case -- is needed not to join the wireless network but for the utility to configure the base station.
Alternatively, it should be possible to configure the base station via Ethernet. Just re-launch AirPort Admin Utility. I believe that the computer's manual IP address setting of 192.42.249.15 should still work so long as the Graphite is not obtaining a WAN IP address from another source (i.e., so long as it is disconnected from the Internet and any other routers), but you could instead change the computer's Ethernet TCP/IP setting to "Using DHCP" before re-launching the utility.

HT4262 I WAS TRYING TO SET UP AIRPORT EXSPRESS 802.11 AND IT KEEPS TELLING ME THAT IT CANNOT ATHENTICATE THE BASE STATION

i was trying to set up a brand new airport express and it keeps telling me that it cannot authenticate the base station.
so what do i do ?

Hello curtcain,
Congratulations on your new AirPort Express! It sounds like you are trying to extend your wireless network with your new AirPort Express, but you continue to get the error that your base station cannot be authenticated.
I recommend following the steps in the article below for the issue you described:
Wi-Fi base stations: Setting up and configuring an extended wireless network (802.11n)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4259
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Sheila M.

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I just bought a new Airport Extreme. I hooked it up to my internet, got it connected to my computer, did all the set up, and it still wouldn't go online. So I though, "Maybe I entered some info wrong or something like that." So I read the manual and did a hard reset along with re-installing the software...
_and now when I open "Airport Utility" it wont even pick up the base station!_ I had it earlier but now it wont even connect. I've tried moving the base away from the wall and into the middle of the room, I've reset it, and hit the "refresh" button a million times.
Can anyone help me?

Connect the computer running AirPort Utility to the AirPort Extreme Base Station by Ethernet cable.
If AirPort Utility still cannot detect the base station, then go through the reset routines again.

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I purchased the AEBS over a month ago and as soon as I connected it to the modem, I was online. I followed the directions to setup a network and connected a printer. Everything worked smoothly, however, sometime shortly therafter, the printer communication stopped working and I could not check the settings of the base station using the airport utility. The airport utility could not see the Base Station whatsoever. The internet worked though. I had to do a hard reset on the AEBS and start from scratch. Everything worked again, but only for a short period of time. The airport utility would not see the BS again. So, what do I do to fix the problem.

Well, during setup, it asks to connect an ethernet cable from the PC to the LAN <--> port on the AE. So, that's part of the standard setup and I believe is how the PC communicates to the AE. The only wireless device I use on the network is my Droid phone. I plan on connecting another computer whenever I get a new one. I'll look again to make sure that I did it right when I get home tonight.

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Cable modem connected to Extreme base station. Powerbook G4 with 10.3.9 and iMac with 10.3.9 connected by airport to base station. This has been working for more then a year. This morning I had no internet connection on the G4 or the iMac.
Actions taken:
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- restarted modem -> no result
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- connected by cable to base station -> same message
So things certainly didn't improve since this morning. What else can I try?
regards, Wim
Powerbook G4, iMac Lime Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Thank you Will,
Today I upgraded the airport software on my Powerbook and was able again to connect to the Base station and use the airport utility. But I still could not connect to the internet.
Your post made me rethink my troubleshooting. I did restart the modem, but never disconnected it for more then a few seconds. I just tried it again, left it unconnected for over a minute and now it works again.
So thank you very much, your reply was very helpfull.
Regards,
Wim

Airport Utility cannot find AX base station

I can see that this is unfortunately a widespread problem, but I wonder if anyone has found a solution. I am running a wireless network with Airport Extreme and iMac (and several Windows laptops). Most of the time it's fine, but twice have I encountered that after shutting off modem and AX that the airport utility cannot find base station even though it is sitting right next to iMac. Also, all lights are solid green, both on modem and AX. I can find loads of other wireless networks, just not my own. No combination of resetting, restarting or reconnecting seems to do the trick and it get's very frustrating! If anyone has a solution, let me know.
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When in Admin It wont recognize the ability to change anything--
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Greetings,
let me describe my problem - I can connect to my Base station's network without problem. But when I run AirPort Admin Utility, it never even see the station. Airport setup assistant sees it, but what ever you did with this appl, it only ends with some error message - couldn't connect etc.
In total despair I went to my old iMac where is 10.4.10. I haven't run software update there for some time. iMac can both connect to network and configure the station with Airport admin utility...
Im out of ideas... But I need to be able to configure station from my iBook as well.
Thanks for any ideas.

http://www.maczone.cz/_produkt/apple-airport-expresss-base-station-s-air-tunes-m acpc/1344970359/
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