The green light in my airport express started blinking and doesnt stop and I cannot find it anymore

the green light in my airport express started blinking and doesnt stop and I cannot find it anymore

Unfortunately, green blinking is usually a symptom of an internal electrical problem on the AirPort Express.
Try a Factory Default Reset as a last resort:
Power down the Express
Wait ai few minutes
Hold in the reset button first, and keep holding it in for an additional 9-10 seconds while you simultaneously plug it back in to power
Release the reset button after the hold period and allow a full minute for the Express to restart.
You want to see a slow blinking amber light at this point, indicating that the Express has been reset to factory defaults. You can reconfigure it again now.
If you try the Factory Default Reset a few times and this does not help, I am afraid that the Express is defective and will need to be replaced.

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I have the green light on my airport express, but no connection

I have the green light on my airport express, but no connection what am i doing wrong?

What are you trying to connect to.

My itunes are only playing on two of my three aiport express. Why? The green light is on Airport Express. The WiFi is connecte to my commuter. I am hearing music in the other rooms...

My itunes are only playing out of two of my three airport express. Why

Ok, it sounds like what your are trying to do, up-and-above your current configuration, is to both extend your Internet connectivity to additional wireless computers AND stream iTunes to a stereo...correct?
If so, your AirPort Express (AX) will need to operate as either a Remote or Relay Base Station in Apple's Wireless Distribution System (WDS) mode. (ref: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107454) In order for this to work, you would have to use either another AX or an AirPort Extreme Base Station (AEBS). However, there are some other 3rd-party routers (like Linksys) that may work as well. (ref: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=121820)
What is the make/model of your current wireless router...and does this connect directly to your ISP's DSL/Cable modem?

I just replaced my airport extreme and now the amber light on my airport express is flashing and so it is not being recognized. I have been on the computer and gone to airport utility and it is simply not showing up at all. What can I do?

I just replaced my airport extreme and now the amber light on my airport express is blinking. When I go to utilities and try to find the airport express it does not show up.
What should I do?

Anytime you change networking hardware it is always a good idea to perform a complete power recycle of that hardware. Check out the following AirPort User Tip for details. Please post back your results.

I have lost the amber/green light indicator on AirPort Express. How canI get it back?

How can i get the amber/green light indicator on the AirPort Express. It has stopped working.

If I do a factory reset, will I have to reset the network configuration?
Yes, but based on what you are telling us, I doubt that the device will restart after you try this. You have tested with other AC wall jacks, correct?
I just purchased the unit in April this year, it would be very soon to have to replace it, especially since I don't think I kept the receipt...
Most stores keep a record of purchases. Otherwise, Apple support can look at the serial number and know approximately when the device was sold. You should have no problem getting a replacement, I would imagine.

How can I turn off the green light indicator on my AirPort Express?

How can I turn off the green light indicator on my AirPort Express? It really annoys me.

The Zed,
You have two options and you probably won't like any of them.
Using the Airport Utility, click on the AE then "Base Station", then "Options". That will bring up two options for you AE green light, either keep it green at all times or only light up when it is being used.
The second option is put some tape over it.
Hope this helps.

HT4628 I recently transferred my internet service to another state. Have not yet moved my imac, just my pc laptop. I cannot get my airport extreme wireless router to work. The green light stays lit when everything is connected but I can't connect to the i

I recently transferred my internet service to another state.I have not yet moved my imac, just my pc laptop. I cannot get my airport extreme wireless router to work. The green light stays lit when everything is connected but I can't connect to the internet. Any suggestions?

I would recommend that you do the following as a minimum:
Power-down the modem, AirPort base station, and computer(s).
Power-up the modem; wait at least 10-15 minutes to allow it adequate time to initialize.
Power-up the AirPort base station; wait at least 5-10 minutes. Note: The AirPort's status light may continue to flash amber after it has intialized. That is because, there may be some additional configuration items necessary, like setting up wireless security, before the overall setup is completed to get a green status.
Power-up your computer(s).
If the above steps do not solve the problem, start over with step 1 above, but then perform the next steps between steps 1 & 2. above.
Disconnect the AirPort base station from the Internet broadband modem.
While all of the devices are powered-down, perform a "factory default" reset on the base station. This will get it back to its "out-of-the-box" configuration and make setting it up much easier, especially if you use the "Assist me" process within the AirPort Utility. (ref: Resetting an AirPort Base Station or Time Capsule)
After the base station resets, go ahead and power it back down.
Reconnect the AirPort base station to the Internet broadband modem. For the Extreme and Time Capsule, be sure to connect the cable to the base station's WAN (circle-of-dots) port.
Continue with step 2 in the first set of steps.
In this basic configuration, the AirPort base station will broadcast an unsecured wireless network with a Network Name (SSID) of Apple Network NNNNNN. Network clients, connected to the base station either by wire or wireless, should now be able to access the Internet through the ISP's modem. Once Internet connectivity has been verified, you can use the AirPort Utility to configure the base station for wireless security and any other desired options. Please post back your results.

I have a Airport Extreme that is dropping the wireless signal alot (several times a day). The green light will go amber but the internet service (ethernet cable) will still be fine. The wireless icon on devices with go away.

I have a Airport Extreme that is dropping the wireless signal alot (several times a day) The green light will go amber, but the internet service is still ok if your using an ethernet cable directly plugged in. When the light goes amber all devices that is using wireless will lose there wireless icon. The only way to get the green light back is to unplug the Airport device and replug it back in. I tried the reset on the back but still no luck. What is the fix?

Let's see if I can get this straight.
You have an Airport Extreme base station that is set to "Create a wireless network" and you have the box checked for "allow this network to be extended"....
Then you have an Airport Express that is set to "Extend a wireless network" which you selected the name of your network in the box...
Correct?
See this Apple document:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4259?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
The wireless unit on the right of the diagram can be either of the newer Apple base stations.
Extreme, Express, Time Capsule

I changed my internet box and now my airport extreme light flashes amber what I need to do to get the green light back

I changed my internet box and now my airport extreme light is flashing amber but I have internet connection, how can I get the green light back

When you change modem (the internet box I presume) you should reset the AE to factory and redo the setup completely.
However if you merely want to stop the amber flashing.. find the cause.
Open the airport utility and click on the AE..
It will give you a list of faults or problems... fix each one and the light will turn green.
The most likely fault is double NAT.
That means the AE should be in bridge mode.. but if you list the fault we can give you further help with what to do to fix it if you cannot understand the instructions.
Apple does give a procedure to remove the problem although it may not always be the best solution.
eg Ignore.. the light will turn green.
Lately Apple is saying to use double NAT and ignore the problem.. I do not thing that is a good idea at all.
To bridge however may be easier after a full factory reset than trying to do a change to the setup.
If you run Yosemite.. then I recommend the following.. please read AE for TC.. (Time Capsule is what I mainly use but the setup is identical).
Factory reset universal
Power off the TC.. ie pull the power cord or power off at the wall.. wait 10sec.. hold in the reset button.. be gentle.. power on again still holding in reset.. and keep holding it in for another 10sec. You may need some help as it is hard to both hold in reset and apply power. It will show success by rapidly blinking the front led. Release the reset.. and wait a couple of min for the TC to reset and come back with factory settings. If the front LED doesn’t blink rapidly you missed it and simply try again. The reset is fairly fragile in these.. press it so you feel it just click and no more.. I have seen people bend the lever or even break it. I use a toothpick as tool.
N.B. None of your files on the hard disk of the TC are deleted.. this simply clears out the router settings of the TC.
Setup the TC again.
ie Start from a factory reset. No files are lost on the hard disk doing this.
Then redo the setup from the computer with Yosemite.
1. Use very short names.. NOT APPLE RECOMMENDED names. No spaces and pure alphanumerics.
eg TCgen5 and TCwifi for basestation and wireless respectively.
Even better if the issue is more wireless use TC24ghz and TC5ghz with fixed channels as this also seems to help stop the nonsense. But this can be tried in the second round.
2. Use all passwords that also comply but can be a bit longer. ie 8-20 characters mixed case and numbers.. no non-alphanumerics.
3. Ensure the TC always takes the same IP address.. you will need to do this on the main router using dhcp reservation.. or a bit more complex setup using static IP in the TC. But this is important.. having IP drift all over the place when Yosemite cannot remember its own name for 5 min after a reboot makes for poor networking. If the TC is main router it will not be an issue.
In your case bridge is most likely required.. and it is up to you how you deal with this one.. for now see if it is stable.. if it gives you issues come back and fix it.
4. Set IPv6 to link-local only on the computer..
This is strange one in that apple should have fixed this up ages ago.. but we are finding the auto setting even on Yosemite is still giving the wrong setup.

Airport extreme will only get or send e-mail messages, or allow Safari to function for about 5 minutes. After that it doesn't respond even though the green light is on and diagnostics says there is nothing wrong. Have to unplug again to get a response.

For the past 2 days Airport Extreme works for about 5 minutes and then will not receive or send e-mail messages, or let Safari work. The only way I can send or receive is to unplug Airport Extreme for a few seconds, reconnect and then work frantically for 5 minutes before it does the same thing. The green light stays on and the diagnostics tells me nothing is wrong even though no mail is moving.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Greg
(I plugged my laptop directly into the modem in order to send this message.)

For the past 2 days Airport Extreme works for about 5 minutes and then will not receive or send e-mail messages, or let Safari work. The only way I can send or receive is to unplug Airport Extreme for a few seconds, reconnect and then work frantically for 5 minutes before it does the same thing. The green light stays on and the diagnostics tells me nothing is wrong even though no mail is moving.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Greg
(I plugged my laptop directly into the modem in order to send this message.)

Got the Green light, see the AE in iTunes, but no connect, I'm sad

Hello, hoping someone might know what I need to tweak to get my Airport Express to finally work.
Network Setup: I have two PC computers on the network (one wired, one wireless), a linksys wireless router, and a new AE (with current firmware)
Here's what I've done so far: I plugged in the AE and followed the KB on joining an AE to an existing network. I took the Admin utility route, so that I could try the static IP approach. After a many attempts and alot of hard resets, I finally got the green light to stay solid. Checking iTunes, I can see the AE in the speakers dropdown, however when selecting it, a connecting bar appears but eventually drops off and no connection occurs. "Computer" remains the only connected speakers. One thing to note, the "Multiple Speaker" option at the bottom of the dropdown is missing, only "Computer" and the new AE are listed. Wanting to verify that the AE is seen across the network I went to the other computer, opened iTunes and get the same results, I can see the AE in the dropdown but can not connect to it. No error is returned, it just gives up after a while when attempting to connect. Thoughts?

Here's the steps I took to get this far:
1. Install the most recent Firmware to the AE and get the latest utility software
2. Plug AE in (Hard Reset if needed), on your wireless computer connect to the wireless network created by the AE
3. Open AirPort Admin Utility (rather than AirPort Assistant)
4. The Base station should appear. Select the base station, press configure
A. On the AirPort tab:
Enter a Name
Enter a password
Select "Wireless mode - join existing wireless network" (wireless client)
Enter your network name (obtained from your router)
Select "Wireless security" - 128-bit* WEP (If you use a lower bit WEP, you will need to change that on your router to 128)
Change the drop down from Text to Hex and enter the hex password (You can do Text, I used the Hex)
B. On the Internet tab:
Select connect using wireless network
Enter the IP numbers obtained from your router (examples below).
IP address 192.168.0.109
subnet mask 255.255.255.0
router address 192.168.1.1
C. On the Music Tab:
Enable AirTunes on this base station
Do not enable AirTunes over Ethernet
Enter a speaker name (TV Room)
5. Press update button.
The new AE network should disappear form your available networks, reconnect to your home network if needed.
Going back to the admin utility you should be able to see the AE.
Check iTunes to see if the AE is there.

My IMac has stopped seeing the keyboard. I have changed the batteries and the green light comes on saying it is looking to pair with the IMac but without success. I am left with the IMac switched on and I am unable to enter a password.

I have been using my IMac without a problem when I left it and went back to enter the password the IMac did not see the keyboard. I have changed the batteries and the green light comes up on the keyboard and then starts to flash indicating it is looking for the IMac but nothing happens. I have tried another set of new batteries with the same result. Is there any known problems in this area. The IMac is 5 months old.
Thank you for any help

What operating system does your iMac have? (please always post your operating system to prevent confustion).
If it's pre-Lion you will have to set Mail up manually:
Entering iCloud email settings manually in Snow Leopard or Leopard
Entering iCloud email settings manually in Tiger

No Lights On My Airport Express/Printer offline

Hey all - quick question...
No Light - The light on my Airport Express does not light-up. It is just dark. The manual says that means it is off but it works fine when connecting to the internet.
No printer - Also, I am trying to add a USB printer to the AE to create wireless print capability and I can't get it to work. The printer shows "offline" in the utility. The printer is an HP Photosmart C3180 which will print if plugged into my laptop via USB.
Any suggestions on these two problems?
Thanks!

Hello ChicagoMacNovice. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
No Light - The light on my Airport Express does not light-up. It is just dark. The manual says that means it is off but it works fine when connecting to the internet.
There isn't a setting within the AirPort Utility for status light off, so it may be possible that the LED has just failed.
No printer - Also, I am trying to add a USB printer to the AE to create wireless print capability and I can't get it to work. The printer shows "offline" in the utility. The printer is an HP Photosmart C3180 which will print if plugged into my laptop via USB.
Unfortunately, not all USB printers are compatible with AirPort base stations. In addition, the AirPort's USB port does not support the "advanced" printer functions, like scanning, copying or faxing, of multi-function printers.
To see if your printer is compatible, take a look at this iFelix Unofficial AirPort Printer Compatibility link.
If your printer isn't listed, it doesn't necessarily mean it won't work, but simply that it has not been verified. iFelix also provides the following workaround for printers not on the list that would certainly be worth a try.
Also you can try this Apple Tech Support article to see if it will help:
o Printer troubleshooting for AirPort Base Stations and Time Capsule
Finally, check out this IBM support article to see if the printer you are interested in is listed as having a Postscript or PCL3 interface. If it does, then it will most likely work with the AirPort's USB port. Printers that use the "HP LIDIL" interface must be connected to a computer directly and will not work.

HT3275 The Green light is on my time capsule the air port also has a green light but it will not back up all i get is the following message.The backup disk image "/Volumes/Data/iMac-D49A20D0AE94.sparsebundle" is already in use.

The Green Light is on, on my time capsule and airport but it will not back up all i get is the following message below please help.
The backup disk image “/Volumes/Data/iMac-D49A20D0AE94.sparsebundle” is already in use.

Welcome to Apple Support Communities
First, restart your iMac and your Time Capsule. In most of the cases, this should solve the problem.
If it doesn't work, read > http://pondini.org/TM/C12.html

HT4060 my i pad show the charging green light .it works properly .however it was 37% battery charged and i tried to charge it .but it refused to charge .pls help .i had the same problem a while ago and then suddenly it charged on its on .pls help

my i pad is not charging ,however it shows the green light and charging signs
.before i had this problem, then it started charging on its own . now i was abroad it was 37% charged .was going to charge it for the journey and it stopped charging again .but it works excellent except for the charging .it still works but i am not using it now .just left it on the charger .the green light and the battery sign shows its charging ,but the i pad now is 35% the battery power .pls help .i cant aford another pad .i am broke and i am so much used to it

It may just be giving you false battery info. Unless it actually dies prematurely, Its just a software error. I would recommend restoring. http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1414

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