Airport Express not recognized in Airport Utility

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If you cannot see the Express via AirPort Utility, you need to try to reset it and try with the Express connected to the Mac via ethernet. There are 3 levels of resetting the Express. Here is a link on resetting the Express:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1450

infusion360,

I also had trouble recognizing a new Airport Express w/ Airport Utility. I tried all of the factory resets and could not find a solution.

My workaround was to set up the new Airport Express with Airport Utility on a borrowed MacBook and after configuration my PC was able to immediately connect via Airtunes. Additionally, I can see the second Express from the PC's utility after this intervention. I am experiencing some audio dropouts now from the PC only (Mac is clean) and am on to my second PC>Airport issue but this is progress. Give this a shot if you have (or can borrow) a MacBook.

Message was edited by: voxellll

I'm having this exact same issue - but I don't have a macbook to borrow so I can configure my Express.

I did get my computer to recognize the Express station, but it wants to treat it like another network entirely. When I point my PC (the PC has a wireless card) to the Express station, the Express will appear in AirPort Utility, but it treats it like a base station - not as a component of the network. Also, both my Extreme and Express show up as having the same IP address. Is that right? It seems like they should be different, but I'm kind of a networking noob.

Any way to configure it without having a macbook?

FYI - over the weekend it was suggested that i uninstall all the airport drivers from my computer and try again. i uninstalled airport utility and the extreme/express software and then loaded them both again (using the CD's that came with both extreme and express). then i downloaded the latest version of utility.

once that was done, i configured the extreme station (which was super easy, since the presets were stored in the extreme hardware itself) and then connected an ethernet cable from my PC to my express. my utility immediately recognized the express and i was able to configure it on the PC. then i added it as a point on my network and plugged it into the wall next to my stereo and i got a working signal.

long story short, it looks like all the drivers were never fully installed - not sure why. but reloading all the software for the express solved the problem.

ditto... has anyone figured this out... it seems to connect at times and then i get the amber light.. i've tried going with an IP address as well as DHCP. Maybe it is a WPA2 thing?