Snow w Express x2 - can't join network

Hello,
I have had a Snow Base Station, SNOW, ethernet to cable modem
and an, Airport Express Base Station, APE1, USB to HP Photosmart 7760
With 2 macs, one older AP wireless card, other with AP Extreme card
Works great for most part .... but that is another issue.
Got a 2nd Airport Express, APE2, aiming have it join the network, hook into stereo, play iTunes.
Ran Airport Setup Assistant, about a 1/2 dozen times now.
Get all the way through process of joining network, waiting for restart, Setup Assistant says it is setup, entry made in keychain for it, etc. etc.
But, on restart, after SA restarts it:
green light comes on for a second
then steady amber ... typical restart process
then it flashes yellow forever after.
Tried going back into SA to fix/reconfigure, neither sees it as new, nor recognizes it as being on network.
Tried fixing/configuring via Airport Admin Utility and it does not see it either.
Have a widget that detects networks, it does not see it either.
Snow & APE1 still work fine.
Tried resetting APE2, about 5 times.
After resetting then SA sees it as new, go through setup process, says it did so Ok, back to flashing amber light.
Had APAU open and in process of using SA to set it up as new, noticed it appears in APAU, so switched over to Admin Utility and set it up that way ... same thing, restarts, flashing amber.
In searching support saw that there was a firmware update, 6.0.3, applied that all around ... no difference.
Help.
Thanks,
Mike

Got it.
Gave it one more shot.
Went into Airport Admin Utility.
I had set up Access Control List for Snow (APAU>select Snow from list> configure>Access Control tab)
Added the MAC airport address, on the label on APE2 to list and it successfully joined, after updating Snow.
But I think they need to make it harder to read.
White letters on light gray background.
Ds look like 0s, so had MAC address in there wrong.
Font for address needs to be smaller, paler, through in some Os, as in the letter, make the background lighter shade.
Oh, a mention or 2 of needing the MAC in setup instructions might help too
Anyway fixed it.

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