My Airport Express units and Apple TV are disappearing from my network for Airplay

I'm using a BT Home Hub (third generation) as the centre point of my network. The Airport Express Units, and the Apple TV, are connected to it wirelessly, using the 'Join A Wireless Network' option in the setup.
Although the units are visible on the network, they disappear from the Airplay menu on iOS devices and my MacBook Pro, and need to be rebooted to bring them back.
Does anyone have any idea why this might be?
The Apple TV Is now cabled to the router, which rectified a performance issue I had with it whereby films being streamed would stop periodically.
Prior to this, I had the devices wirelessly connected to, and extending, an Airport Extreme network, being broadcast from my Time Capsule. I had to change this however, as the Airport Express units did not play music smoothly and would also disappear from the Airplay menu. I figured that the Time Capsule was at fault, as it's around 4 or 5 years old, and has been showing signs of ageing for a while now, however this new problem has occured since.
I'm tempted to replace the Time Capsule, with a new Airport Extreme unit and external HDD unit to continue wireless Time Machine backup of my three Macs, but don't want to do this if not strictly necessary.

Is there a way to stream internet audio to these devices?
You might want to take a look at Airfoil for Mac to be able to stream any source on your Mac to the AirPort Express.
Rogue Amoeba | Airfoil for Mac: Wireless Audio Around Your House
Or, if you have a PC, you will need
Rogue Amoeba | Airfoil for Windows: Wireless Audio Around Your ...

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HKCV wrote:
can I just attach to my stereo and have my Mac connect directly to it in the absence of a wireless network?
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My airport extreme units are not showing up in the airport utility application.
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Allow 40-45 seconds for the AX to restart to a slow blinking amber light
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Lost my connection to one of two airport express units. Both purchased few years ago. Use them to stream music to house speakers via WiFi. I have v6.3.1 of Airport Utility. Message says to use v5.6 to reconfigure this base station.
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You can use the following workaround to install AirPort Utility 5.6 on a Lion or Mountain Lion Mac:
Be sure to read the caveats at the end.
Lion / Mountain Lion's package installer will refuse to install superseded versions of AirPort Utility. Instead you will need to use a package extractor such as Pacifist or unpkg. Pacifist is shareware, unpkg is free.
Download Pacifist here: http://www.charlessoft.com/
Download unpkg here: http://www.timdoug.com/unpkg/
Download AirPort Utility 5.6 here: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1482
When the AirPort Utility .dmg file finishes downloading, open it to expand and reveal the AirPortUtility56.pkg package installer file.
Directions for Pacifist (I do not have screenshots for unpkg but the idea is similar):
Open Pacifist and from its File menu, navigate to the package and open it.
Click the "reveal triangles" until you see AirPort Utility 5.6.app:
Select it and then click Install from Pacifist's toolbar. It will then be installed in your Utilities folder, and you can quit Pacifist.
The most recent version of AirPort Utility included with Mountain Lion should be used to configure 802.11n - capable AirPort Base Stations. Make no attempt to delete it. It and the older version (which will bear the unique name "AirPort Utility 5.6") can peacefully coexist. Use the older version only as necessary for older AirPort Base Stations that cannot be administered any other way.
If you happen to have an archived copy of the AU 5.6 app somewhere, such as a Time Machine backup or equivalent, you can simply restore it or drag the app to your Mountain Lion system's Utilities folder instead of resorting to the above procedure. It will run without complaint. It is only the package installer that is the problem.
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Hello. I just bought a new Airport Extreme and 2 Airport express units to replace my old linksys routers and to take advantage of my new MacBook Pro and iTV units. I am a Mac newbie after 20 years of PC's. The Netgear DGND3300 DSL modem feeds DSL signal to the Airport Extreme unit and it works well with good internet and signal. I am trying to use the 2 Airport Express units to extend the signal around the house. The Airport Utility has seen both of them but then they disappear and it cant find them again. They are 10 feet away for now until I get them configured. How do I get them to connect and how do I configure them to extend the wifi range?
Thank you.

The first thing to check is your AirPort Extreme.
Open AirPort Utility - click Manual Setup
Click the Wireless tab/label below the row of icons
Make sure there is a check mark next to "Allow this network to be extended"
Update to save changes
You may have already done this, but it was not mentioned in your post and is a critical step to "extend" the network.
"Hard Reset" each of the AirPort Express devices by holding in the reset button for 10-12 seconds. Then power down one device and configure one at a time.
Open AirPort Utility - Click Manual Setup
Click the Base Station tab/label below the icons
Enter a name for the device, device password and adjust Time Zone settings
Click the Wireless tab
Wireless Mode = Extend a wireless network
Wireless Network Name = Same name as the AirPort Extreme wireless network
Check mark next to Allow Wireless Clients
Wireless Security = Same security setting as the AirPort Extreme network
Wireless Password = Same password as the AirPort Extreme network
Confirm Password
Update to save settings. Close AirPort Utility immediately as soon as you see the message that the settings have been stored. You should have a green light on the Express in 40-45 seconds.
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Configure the second AirPort Express the same as the first. You will probably want to assign a different device name to that Express to keep things straight.
To "extend" effectively, the Express should be located approximately 1/2 the distance between the AirPort Extreme and the area that needs more wireless coverage. Depending on obstructions, you may need to alter this distance a bit.
The "extend" setup works like the hub and spokes of a wheel. The AirPort Extreme is the "hub" and each Express resides at the end of a "spoke". Each Express communicates directly to the "hub", not to another Express at the end of another spoke. For that reason, you cannot "extend" a device that is already configured to "extend".
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I have two Airport Express units. Can I use one to extend the range of the other?

The similar questions that I have found on this site refer to extending an Airport Extreme with an Airport Express. But can you also extend an Airport Express with another Airport Express?

But can you also extend an Airport Express with another Airport Express?
Any Apple "n" router....AirPort Express, AirPort Extreme, or Time Capsule....can be used to extend the signal of another.
Now, we just need to figure out if you have two "n" Expresses that will work together. Are these brand new units?
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