MacBook does not see Airport Express

My Macbook does not find my AX when I scan for it using Setup Manager. I used it fine about 3 mos ago just for iTunes, but now I need to use it as a real router and I can't even find it.
I have reset, and reset while plugging in. Still nothing.
Please help me get my AX working!
Thanks
Trevor
...ps I am good at giving stars etc

So, I finally tried unplugging and resetting everything. I reset my cable modem, and unplugged my AX, and shut down my computer. Then I did everything fresh from the beginning, making sure that things were plugged in appropriately and it worked! Good news.
But the place where I finally got it working wasn't where I wanted it. Yesterday after it had been working for about a week, I decided to move it to a more central location. ...now I am back where I was when I wrote the first question.
I tried setting it up using the Airport Admin Utility and it responded while I was connected with the ethernet cable, but as when I moved the other end of the cable to the cable modem from my computer, nothing. So, I reset soft and hard. Nothing. Now it just flashes.
Any other ideas? Once it is set, do I just move the ethernet cable like I did, or did I mess that part of it up?
Thanks so much!

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