Non functioning airport express

I plug in my airport express and all it does is flash amber. What am I doing wrong?

Temporarily, connect an ethernet cable from your computer to the AirPort Express
Open AirPort Utility - Click Manual Setup
Click the word "Status" and a window will open with a message to explain why you are seeing a flashing amber light.
What does the message say?

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  • House move causes non-functioning airport express

    I moved house and to a new broadband provider (was BT now Sky) and I can't get my macbook pro or iPad to recognise my airport express. I just get a flashing amber light.
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    Any suggestions

    From the information in your post, it sounds like the AirPort Expess is still configured with the settings to connect to the BT network. That is why you cannot "see" it on the new Sky network.
    If that is the case, you need to perform a Factory  Default Reset on the Express to get it back to new, out of box settings so that it can be configured to work with the Sky Network.
    This Apple support document will tell you how to do this:
    Resetting an AirPort Base Station or Time Capsule FAQ

  • Baffled by non-connecting Airport Express's

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    x2 Airport Express's. (Quite old, but still functioning fine.) There is a © symbol on them of 2005 Apple to give you an idea.
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    I am using Mac OSX Lion on a 2009 Mac Mini, and have the proper Airport Utility 5.6 which does see both of them. When setting them up I have them connected to network via ethernet cable. I go through the whole set up process after a hard reset, rename, password, join wifi network, correct password, WPA, then it goes to reset, and flashes orange for the rest of eternity. BOTH of them do this.
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    2) Wireless network password....most users know this
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    Thanks for the information.
    I do wish it was simpler to get clear information about the real world efficacy of products. Before discussion forum, I asked 3 One to One people about how the AE would perform and phone support about what problem was.
    I have determined that with my computer being closer to AEBS, the signal is lost less (and is acceptable) than when it is further away. It is interesting that in both instances the distance of computer from AEBS, is far less than the AEBS is from AE.
    My 867 is starting to fall apart (literally many cracks developing) so I am looking at newer macbook pros. I am wondering, Is the performance of the airport card better at some point in the model progression of macbooks?

  • I think my airport express is dead but I dont know...help!

    hi there
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    so i have tried resetting the unit, unplugging it for a lengthy period of time and nothing gets my little light flashing again.
    the reason i am unsure, is that when i do go to plug the unit back into a powerpoint, i see a very quick green flash which suggests the unit is ok, and i am wondering whether i am doing something wrong.
    FYI, i am still relatively new to apples, having a powerbook for approx. 16 months although i still dont understand apples the way i did my old pc's.
    is it simply the unit, in which case i'll go to my nearest apple store or is it me?
    please help.
    philip

    Gail - the symptoms you describe are far less common, but I think you too have a dead Airport Express. Yes, a software update (or more specifically, a firmware update) gone wrong can easily turn a functional Airport Express into a doorstop.
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    If the symptoms persist - get a warranty replacement. Absolutely your Airport Express will be covered for this sort of problem if it is under warranty.

  • Using Older Airport Express as an wireless/ethernet bridge

    Hi there,
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    Is this possible for older non-N Airport Expresses?
    I read online that one could set up a WDS network, but I am having -no- luck doing that. Each time I try, I am prompted to enter other nodes on the WDS network, but there's a chicken and egg problem since the first node I am trying to set up keeps requiring other nodes before applying the changes to the configuration it is very frustrating.
    I have an Airport Extreme (b/g) and two airport expresses (b/g) and would very very much like to connect an ethernet-run skype phone to one of the expresses. I currently use one as an AirTunes node, and the other (the one I want to use for the skype ophone) as a wireless printer node. Is it possible to use the latter as an ethernet bridge? Can I do that without setting up a WDS network? If I have to have a WDS network, what are the step by step instructions I should follow to do that for all the hardware listed above?
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    +I noticed that people are using their Airport Express (n) products to create a bridge to wireless networks via the ethernet port on the Express.+
    +Is this possible for older non-N Airport Expresses?+
    It is only possible with the older Express if you also have an Apple main router and setup all the devices in a WDS arrangement. If you are having difficulty setting up the WDS on your network, reference pages 42-44 in the Designing AirPort Networks Guide for a step by step procedure of this. Or, perhaps you might want to use one of the excellent posts by Tesserax for this as well. See this post.

  • Before I give up on AirPort Express for good

    I have two AirPort Express base stations which are behaving in exactly the same way, which is to say they won't talk to the world. Even attempting such tends to put both AirPort Admin Utility and AirPort Setup Assistant into a very bad (i.e. spinning-disc, force-quit-needed) mood, or at best the dreaded "An error occurred communicating with the selected base station."
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    I've done this many times with both units. The lights do not behave as decribed: there is a lightning-quick green flash, then a solid amber. After maybe 20 seconds after releasing the button, the solid amber changes to flashing, and it never comes back.
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    you are just too confused right now. there's nothing wrong with the two express routers. its just a relationship of hardware to the software, which the user must come to grips.this is just the way it it with these routers. What would I do(since I've had the problem but since have learned to deal with it) reset the Express and I use a wireless Mac to "find" the routers---which must be selected under the Airport icon BEFORE using any Airport Utility to confirgure the routers. I don't use the setup assistant but configure the routers manually. Yes you may have to reset and or unplug the Express to do the above but sooner or later you must learn the oddities about it anyway. Remeber you did introduce some other variation to the routers and the software setup.
    If you can't find your network name under Airport icon then use your system preferences/Netwrok/Airport/preferred drop down menu. If found there then select and apply then select under Airport icon then use the utility. If not found then use the + button and if that does not work then type in the network name. Bottom line all of the above countermeasures have never failed me on the Exprexx and the new Extreme routers. Its just a learning experience. Maybe Apple could have made the experience easier to use or maybe that's the way it is but I got mine up and running soild for 2 months now with out issues. Power failure they just come back on I do nothing except reset my Vonage by unplugging it for a minute. Hope this helps you and don't give up.

  • AirPort Express is dead, but under warranty

    My airPort Express Base Station does not work. It does not appear anymore, and is apparantly not sending a signal. I have rest it, and tried to troubleshoot it in every way I can think of. I own others that work fine. It is still under warranty with apple, as the receipt says "warranty effective through Jul. 18, 2008." How do I go about the process of having them replace it or fix it?

    Gail - the symptoms you describe are far less common, but I think you too have a dead Airport Express. Yes, a software update (or more specifically, a firmware update) gone wrong can easily turn a functional Airport Express into a doorstop.
    Try doing a factory reset per:
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=108044
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  • AirPort Express vs. Extreme

    I'm looking to set up a wireless home network. Do I need the Airport Extreme, or will an Express work? All I use right now is an iMac and AppleTV. I'd like to set up a secure network for the two rather than use sharing via the iMac.
    Any info/opinions? Thanks.

    Last week I purchased an Airport Extreme rather than an Express... Here are some of the reasons:
    1) it just happens to sit near my Apple TV so I can plug it straight in via the Ethernet cable - so, no Wireless... so should be faster.
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  • Help Needed connecting a second Airport Express

    I have a perfectly functioning Airport Express. It is connected to a Router and I have DSL. I have encryption and it is password protected. We have 5 Macs that blissfully use this A.E. You would think I would be happy, right?
    My (ahem) wife, then wanted a printer connected in our bedroom (which is quite 2 rooms down from the terminus of the router/1st A.E.) My problem is that I purchased a second Airport Express so that I could plug the printer into the 2nd A.E. Now, I cannot get the second A.E. to become part of the network. It continually blinks green and yellow. I cannot get it to see the 1st A.E. that is connected to my router. The 1st A.E. still chugs along great without problems. Any ideas available to get the 2nd to communicate with the first? My wife is ready to disown me and I need the tax deduction

    Set up the second AirPort Express (AX) as a wireless client. (ref: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302153)

  • HT3500 where is the WPS button on Airport Express?

    Trying to set-up Airprint on a Canon Pixma MG5420 but the printer is asking me to press the WPS button on the router but there is none on Airport Express??

    Sorry, I don't have a PC here to test with.
    What version of AirPort Utility are you using?  You should have 5.6.1 for Windows.  The Mac version of 5.6.1 does have a setting to add WPS devices, except it is called Add Wireless Clients.
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  • Trying to add another Airport Express to a network

    One of 2 Airport Expresses that we use to extend signal got wet, and apparently isn't going to work again now that it's dry, so we bought a new one.  I have gone into Airport Utility, and I see the Time Capsule, the non-working Airport Express, and the working Airport Express. 
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    Please check out the following Apple Support article for details on using additional AirPort base stations to extend your wireless network.

  • Setup airport express 1st gen

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    I have the first Airport Express, 1st generation and since 10.8 I needed to use the old version of airport utility (ver 5.6) to configure it, since the Airport Utility version 6.3.2 doesn't suport it (shame).
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    Most users know 1) and 2) regarding their wireless network, but you will also need to know 3) to be able to configure the Expess to work correctly with your network.  If you do not know exactly what type of wireless security the TB582n is using, it will not be possible to configure the Express with the correct settings.
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  • Can I extend my wireless network with a WIRED Airport Express?

    So I've seen many, many threads (both here & elswhere on the web) that talk about extending a network wirelessly, but that's not my exact goal.
    I have a Linksys WRT54G and an older (non-N) Airport Express. My intention is this: come out of the cable modem and into the WRT54G's LAN port. (Typical.) Then I have wall jack-plates where ethernet runs are extended to various rooms in my home. The WRT54G is on one end of the house and at the far end the wireless signal is basically useless.
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    If; however, you don't want to "experiment," your suggestion to interconnect the two routers by Ethernet should work just fine. In this case, you would want to configure them both for a roaming network.

  • Linking Dell Laptop to existing/working Airport Express wireless network

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    I have tried playing around with the Dell Laptop settings (IP, DSN, etc ...) and I have called everyone involved (including Apple) to no avail.
    Any help would be greatly appreciated!
    Thanks,
    Nick
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    Thanks for the reply.
    WEP is enabled. As far as the encryption, I'm not sure. I believe that it's 64-bit, as the password for the network is a five-letter word.
    The funny thing, though, is that I had been using an IP address which I found on my girlfriend's Ibook, which allowed me to connect to her AEBS network, although the internet browser showed no connection.
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    Accessing a Airport Network with a Windows XP PC or
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    http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/1010.html
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