Unable to connect AE to existing Non Airport wireless Network

HI Im trying to connection my Airport Express to my existing non airport network so i can use airtunes without loosing my internet connection... When i do this in Airport Utility it asks for the network name and password of the network i want to join i enter it and i press continue and then a message comes up saying it cant find the AE any more and that i should reselect it from the list and try again but i cant see it in the airport list to retry it until li do a hard reset on the AE.
Any Ideas

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