HT203198: Wi-Fi base station: Understanding and resolving a blinking amber status light

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Josarcollado

Q: Help, blinking amber light.

My airport express shows the blinking amber light. I've tried to reset it but since I've got no luck at all it seems the reset button isn't working. My airport utility wont find the airport express, I tried finding it with wi-fi/ethernet but it wont come up. Ideas?

Posted on Aug 26, 2013 4:52 PM

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  • by John Galt,

    John Galt John Galt Aug 26, 2013 5:12 PM in response to Josarcollado
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    Aug 26, 2013 5:12 PM in response to Josarcollado

    Be sure to press and hold the reset button for sufficient time for the LED to blink rapidly, then release it. It will take five to ten seconds. It will then illuminate solid amber for about a minute, after which it will flash amber, slowly. That is when AirPort Utility should be able to recognize it.

     

    You should feel, and may hear, a barely perceptible click when you press the button. There are anecdotal reports of users who may have damaged the reset button by pressing too hard, so don't do that.