Unable to configure express via airport admin utility

After much faffing around I finally got my airport express to connect to my existing network and even got the little speaker button to show up in itunes (hooorah) but then it asked me if I wanted to update the firmware so I said yes and then it all went 't*ts up' and I never got airport utility to read the configuration again even after resetting ?
Anybody got any helpful advice ?
Thanks
AnniB

I think that the resetting alone solved your issue, because I am having the same problem without ever upgrading to the new firmware. My Airport Express is working fine, but I wanted to check the settings, so I opened the Utility program. It asked me if I wanted to updated the firmware, and I hit cancel.
The Utility see my AX and can get the basic info, but I get the same -6753 error when trying to read the configuration of the AX.
I will try the resetting procedure, but I don't think the firmware is the issue here, since I have the old firmware with the same problem.

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