Why does my Airport Express say "self assigned IP address"? No IP address for the ethernet, and it is not connecting to my cable router any longer...

Some cable providers.....like mine, a well known company......seem to take anywhere from a few moments to sometimes up to 30 minutes to allow their equipment back at the cable company to fully reset and issue a new fresh connection.
So, it would not hurt to leave things powered down for 15-20 minutes or more when you perform the reset that John Galt suggests.

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I found on some non-Apple tech sites some interesting info. One guy was having the same exact issues and wrote a script to see what was going on between the Airport base station and the Airport Expresses. It appears that the two devices were having security verification issues and that is why the Airport Expresses get getting knocked offline. In other words, when they talk with each other they fail the security verification and the Airport Expresses go haywire.
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I have Netgear DG834G router only for dsl connectivity wifi connectivity to that router is off. i have connected netgear that provides adsl connectivity to the (Shakeel's Airport Extreme) Airport Extreme dual band Wireless N 5th generation via cat 5 cable so airport extreme is the main wifi device through which i get wifi signals at my home. now our house is big and i have installed the adsl netgear modem and airport extreme router at the same place in my room in the upper story but the signals are weak even in the upper story at the other end of the house so i have installed the new airport express dual band wireless N in the upper story (Kafeel's airport express) and it is connected to the primary airport extreme (Shakeel's Airport Extreme) wireless router in range extention mode it repeats the same ssid. Our ground floor has another airport express dual band wireless N the new one ( Lounge's airport express) signal was weak there so i installed another airport express (Lounge's Airport Express) their and configured it to extend the range of primary router airport extreme (Shakeel's Airport Extreme) in the upperstory with the same ssid. Now the problem i am facing that sometimes lounge's airport express connects to kafeel's airport express instead of connecting to the airport extreme and the signals in lounge are weak because all the devices are connected to kafeels airport express and does not connect to lounge air port express. but when lounge airport express is connected to primary router airport extreme then everything works fine devices connect to lounge airport express and signals are full. i have took pictures of the problem i am facing you will understand better by having a look at it. In normal working setup both the airport expresses are connected to airport extreme which is shown in this picture
The second picture shows when lounge airport express is connected to kafeels airport express and not the airport extreme (Shakeel's Airport Extreme) this is the problem.
isnt there a way to correct this so that they dont connect with each other and connect to the airport extreme ?

Lounge's AirPort Express must be located signficantly closer to Shakeel's AirPort Extreme than it is to Kafeel's AirPort Express, and there must be fewer obstructions in the signal path than the other possible connection.
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Also, when it disconnects the light on the front flashes amber (yellow).

It's almost a miracle that it was working at all.
Each wall will absorb on average, about 15-20% of the signal so after 4 walls...and a ceiling....which is typically 2-3 time thicker than a wall....there isn't going to much signal left to extend.
Try locating the Express no more than half the distance between the Time Capsule and the general area upstairs that needs more wireless coverage. Minimize obstructions in the signal path as much as possible.
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I have my network wireless using the Airport Extreme Base station and extended by an Airport Express.
The 5Ghz band tends to work fine, but not all my devices support it so I rely heavily on the 2.4ghz radio.
that radio tends to fail about every other day. It just stops working.
The airport express light stays green, but has zero throughput.
The 2.4 from the Airport Base station fails too.
The only way I can get it working again is to reset the base station. Even then, it only works for a short period of time.
I checked to be sure nothing else was on the same frequency and have tried different frequencies/channels. No luck.
Please help?

I agree with John, this sounds like very classic interference.
Luckily, there are things that can be done to get around it. For instance, keeping your Airport away from other sources of interference: cordless phone cradles are the really nefarious ones, but satellite receivers tend to cause really unfortunate issues in the 2.4GHz range as well. If you have either of those nearby, try to get the Airport and these devices as far away from each other as possible.
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Version 6: Same channels, but path is Applications> Utilities> Airport Utility> Click on Airport device > Edit> Wireless> Wireless Options

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I also tried doing system updates and updating the airport utility - still nothing.

Psychoserenity wrote:
I also tried doing system updates and updating the airport utility - still nothing.
Repair permissions and restart your computer. Now try the following........
See KB Articles: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1401 AirPort troubleshooting guide
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2712 Using network locations in Mac OS X
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System Preferences>Network
Click the Assist Me button.
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Also, run the Airport Utility app which is located inside the Utilities folder.

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First thing you need I think is to get your iMac connected to the Internet.
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If this power up sequence doesn't work you'll have to dig into the router setup to make sure it is working properly.

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