Trying to extend my Airport Extreme network using two Airport Express

Ok, so just an hour ago I had a network working fine that was set up like this:
Modem => Airport Extreme => Airport Express 1 / Airport Express 2
Stupidly I decided to rename one of them, to their specific room location, using Airport Utility 6.3.2, after it came back online it was listed on the utility bliinking yellow, when I hover over it with the mouse I can see the YELLOW DOT next to STATUS: Extend network, if i click on that it gives me the option to A) IGNORE B) EDIT and futher it goes on to say that it CAN NOT EXTEND THE NETWORK, asking me to check if the device is configure correctly/password is correct/or within range.
I have tried everything, reset, factory reset, setting it up again, and it just comes back blinking yellow.
Stupid again: I decided to unplug the other Airport Express, to see if that would help bringing the first one online again, now I have TWO yellow - non-able-to-extend-range Airport express units in the house.
Naturally I am quite frustrated, so any good advice will be very much appreciated, thanks!
The Airport Extreme is version 7.6.4 and serial number 6F8070MYYEW (If that helps anyone), both Airport Express is the latest version.

Hi Bob thanks!l
After about two hours of trying everything, I finally did something that fixed the issue, and since I have been around the block so many times I am actually not sure what it was; but it was a change in the setting on my Airport Extreme, and I think maybe I canged the router mode from DHCP (Is that default) to DHCP/NAT - and after that I was able to bring my Airport Express stations online again.... Weird, and far from the tunrkey solutions I have come to expect from Apple regarding internet connections.
Thanks for helping Bob, althogh I came up with a solution on my own, people trying to help is always very very much appreciated!!
Best
Eirik

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In the above example the primary Wi-Fi base station ➊ is out of wireless range of the extended Wi-Fi base station ➋, therefore the extended Wi-Fi base station cannot join or extend the wireless network. The extended Wi-Fi base station must be moved to a location that is within Wi-Fi range of the primary Wi-Fi base station.
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