Our iPhones can't find our wireless network, but our MBPs can?

Using AirPort Express. Me and my friend's MBP can connect to the wireless just fine, and we can see the wireless network name on our MBPs.
But when we use our iPhones, our wireless network is nowhere to be found, tried resetting to factory settings and restarting modem etc. Same problem happens to other devices i.e. other laptops, other phones, even Apple products, ONLY our MBPs can connect for some odd reason.
Any ideas on solving this? Thanks...

Done! I looked through some other threads and someone suggested resetting the entire AirPort with the reset button on the actual device instead of in AirPort Utility. Try that! Works completely fine now! Good luck

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