Why won't my Airport Expr extend the network created by my Airport Extreme?

I have a 802.11n Airport Express that creates a great, solid wireless network in my house. The signal is pretty weak in the basement though so I thought I'd use an old 802.11g Airport Express to extend.
However in the Airport Utility > Wireless settings for the Express, no "Extend a Wireless Network" option exists.
I then tried setting up a WDS network and made the Extreme the WDS main and entered in the mac address of the Express as a WDS remote, but once the Extreme restarts is shows a WDS error that states "This Apple wireless device is set up as part of a WDS network but no other wireless devices were found."
Am I doing something wrong? Do I need a 802.11n Express to play nice with the 802.11n Extreme?

However in the Airport Utility > Wireless settings for the Express, no "Extend a Wireless Network" option exists.
In order to extend the 802.11n wireless network of your 802.11n AirPort Express Base Station (AXn) you will need another AXn. You can extend the wireless range of the AXn with the older 802.11g AirPort Express base Station (AX) but only for 802.11g. This is why your are not finding the extend option in the AirPort Utility for the AX ... and why you must configure the two for a WDS.
I then tried setting up a WDS network and made the Extreme the WDS main and entered in the mac address of the Express as a WDS remote, but once the Extreme restarts is shows a WDS error that states "This Apple wireless device is set up as part of a WDS network but no other wireless devices were found."
Most likely, the problem is that the distance between the two AirPorts is either too great or there is too much Wi-Fi interference between them to establish the WDS. I suggest that you first try configuring the WDS with the AX in near proximity of the AXn to verify that you can successfully create the WDS. Once verified move the AX to the desired location.

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It should allow you to access the internet, read mail, etc.
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I have an older Airport Extreme that I am trying to setup to extend the network from my uverse gateway. When I restore the AE to factory settings and set it up to extend the network, it goes through the process and then flashes amber. Also, it takes several tries for the AE to even show up at all in Airport Utility. The AE is version 7.6.4. I am running on Mac with 10.10.1
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When two wireless routers.....the Uverse in your example, and an AirPort Extreme......are located a few rooms apart with both configured to create a wireless network using the same wireless network name and password, then things will behave as if you have one "big" network.
Although the AirPort Express is technically creating a separate network, the fact that it is using the same wireless network name and password will make it behave as if it were extending the network to provide more range. This is technically known as a "Roaming Network".
Also are you suggesting to not use the uverse gateway as a wireless router but to use the AE as such?
No, since you indicated in your first sentence that you wanted to use the older AirPort to extend the network. It could not "extend" the network if the Uverse gateway was not already producing a wireless network signal, since there would be nothing to extend.
Now, if you do want to turn off the wireless function on the Uverse and only use the AirPort Extreme, that is an option, but you will have a much "smaller" network range wise, since you will only have a good wireless signal when you are in range of the AirPort Extreme.

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Hi all.
I was using a Mac connected to a wireless access point (acer) which is gateway to the Internet.
When I installed the Mac everything went smooooth!
Now I added an Airport Express thingie, in order to have more signal strength and use airtunes.
If I set up the airport as a separate network, Airtunes works and I have to 'switch' networks to go online.
When I try to integrate both networks, everything fails, and if I go with the wizard, I end up with hard-resetting the airport express to make it work again.
I suspect it is something in the network configuration, that I understand I NEED to do manually.
However, I didn't figure it out yet.
I have the AP-gateway-to-internet at 192.168.1.254
Airport at 10.0.1.1
And the mac switches between the two neighborhoods when I switch network (192.168.1.100 or 10.0.1.2)
Hints?

You are doing two things wrong.
First off, both airport express units need to be on the same subnet (using the same IP address range) in order to extend the range of your wireless network.
Second, and more importantly, Airport docs state that Airport Expresses can only be used to extend the network from another Apple Airport Express or Extreme base station. Sell your acer on eBay, and pickup another airport express.
Once you have two Airport Express units, just follow the Airport Admin Utility instructions for setting up WDS and Air Tunes. Auto config of the remote airport express will place it on the same subnet as the main airport express.

HT4259 Why does my Airport utility not have either an option to manually configure, or a box "to extend the network?"

I have Mac with Lion, with an AIrport Extreme wi-fi network. I am trying to configure a Airport (model A1264) to extend the network. I read the Apple article on how to configure an extended network. Unfortunately my Airport Utility seems to have none of the functionality mentioned in the article. The article states to choose manual configuration of the base station. I can find no such option in my Airport Utility. Secondly, it the article states to check "create a wireless network," which I can find, but then says to check box to "allow this network to be extended." No such option appears anywhere in my Airport Utility. Lastly, my Mac is not even recognizing the existence of the Airport Express. It does not even appear as a wireless device, nor does it appear in Airport Utility as an "Other Airport Base Stations. It does however continue to flash amber. Does anyone know what might be the problem?
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bmarr

I read the Apple article on how to configure an extended network. Unfortunately my Airport Utility seems to have none of the functionality mentioned in the article.
The article was written a few years ago and Lion 10.7.4 was not around at the time.
I suggest that you download and install the full featured version of AirPort Utility 5.6 for Mac OS X Lion . I think you will find that it will track with the article (if it is the one that I think it is) very nicely.
You can keep both AirPort Utility 5.6 and AirPort Utility 6.0 on your Mac.

Airport express just stopped extending the network

I have an airport express that I have been using for 3 years to extend the network in my house.
All of a sudden it started flashing amber. I've tried soft resets, hard resets, factory resets, and I can't get it to extend the network anymore.
I have 3 other expresses in the house that still extend the network, but this one won't.
Everytime I go run airport utility, it sees the express, and will actually allow me to JOIN the network (I get a solid green light, everything is good) but everytime I ask it to EXTEND the network, it gives me an error message and says it can't do it.
It's an old extreme, that I bought refurbished, so I might be able to accept it's old and needs to be replaced, but then why can I join the network, but not EXTEND the network?
Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Apple's instructions to "extend a wireless network" are on the main forum page and also here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4259
Although the example pictures an AirPort Extreme as the "extending" device, the setup for an AirPort Express would be exactly the same.

Airport express stopped extending the network

Hi all,
I have had working an Airport Extreme acting as a wifi base plus an Airport Express to extend the network for more than one year and could receive an excellent wifi coverage all over the appartment.
Recently, I decided to update my laptop OS version (an old Leopard) first to Snow Leopard and immediately after to Lion. After lots of software updates, at some point I begun receiving warnings to update the Extreme firmware. I did so and that same day I realized that the Express was not working as network extender any more. I further got frustrated to see that the latest Airport Utility didn't even "like" my Express and I had to downgrade to Airport Utility 5.6 in order to be able to configure the Express.
This was almost one month ago and I have spent many hours and tried all kind of combinations since then. For instance, I checked that the express was ok by creating with it a new network. This worked perfectly. I also reseted the Express to manufaturing defaults several times. I have even created a full new network from the beginning. Nothing works.
Both devices show green lights, but when I'm close to the Express, the BSSID I get is that of the Extreme, not the Express BSSID. I can see the Express in Airport Utility 6 but it is shown as connected to the Extreme with a dashed line.
I don't know what else to try. The worse thing is that even by buying a new Express I don't get any guarantee that the problem won't persist, since the network extension has worked perfectly in the past and doesn't work any more.
Any ideas are welcome.
Best,
Pedro.

I am starting to think that I have a non-functional device.
That is looking like a possibility.
Try a Factory Default Reset if you have not done so already.
Leave the Express powered off for 15-20 minutes
Hold in the reset button first, and keep holding it for an additional 9-10 seconds while you simultaneously plug the power back into the Express
Release the reset button after the hold period and allow a full minute for the Express to restart to a slow, blinking amber light
Try to configure the Express in the same room as the main router. Restart the main router before you try to configure the Express. If it works, then move it further away....but do not reset it....to see if it will connect and behave.
If you still cannot configure the Express after the Factory Default Reset, I think you have a defective Express.

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Use the search as this has been done to death ..
Bob Timmons is the expert on this.. look at his answers here.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4274187?start=0&tstart=0
https://discussions.apple.com/message/21856077#21856077
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Apple doco is also good to read.
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I have an airport extreme for my main internet connection, an express to listen to music on my home theatre, another express to extend the network upstairs, and one more express for my wireless printer. whats the best way to setup the express stations?

So basically I would like to know if its best to have them setup on "join a wireless network" or "extend a wireless network"
Obviously the one I use to extend the network is setup that way, the other 2 are set on "join a network"
is this the optimal configuration? or should I have them all on "extend a wireless network" ?

There is really no "best" setting here for the AirPort Express devices. If you need more wireless coverage in the area where an Express is located, then it makes sense to configure the Express to "extend" a wireless network.
If you already have good coverage in an area where an Express is located, then the "join" configuration makes sense.
I've yet to meet the first user who felt that he/she had too much wireless signal coverage in their home, but you never know.

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I purchased a new A1392 Airport Express to replace the linksys router and join to the A1264 Airport Express, and I want to have one network name as a result.
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Stage 2 would be adding the Netgear switch and testing each port with a laptop connected via Ethernet to make sure that everything is operational on the switch
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Stage 5 would be adding the printer to the A1264 AirPort Express.
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