Airport express amber light flashing

Hi Dan,

How old is your Airport Express? Do you stream music often and for long periods of time? If you can no longer detect it via Airport utility, that indicates that it may have a major problem. As you probably know, the Air Ex units run fairly hot, and streaming music or video through it does stress the unit even more, because its transmiter is on for long periods of time. I've read reports in the past that some of these units had a tendency to malfunction between 18 months and 2 years old.

Wuz

Daniel,

Did you go through the set up routine with the new unit? It sounds as though you may have simply plugged in the new unit and expected it to work. Is that the case? The new unit should have its very own software disc which will probably be an updated version.

If the situation is such that you still can't see the AE unit with your Airport utility, then I would connect the new AE unit directly into your computer, and bypass the router, etc.

Dan,

You can hook up your Airport express via ethernet cable directly to your computer to configure the Express.

This will bypass your Extreme and everything else. You ought to be able to see the new unit. If you can't see the express with this setup, then it is n.g. OR your Airport utility is in need of scrutiny. BTW, my Airport Express

version is 7.6.1, and I purchased mine last September.

NOTE: It is necessary to keep airport utility updated. The last update to my Airport Utility application was 8/24/11.

You may want to check your software update info in system preferences. You can also check for updates from there.

Thanks for the feedback, Dan. That was my understanding as to how the synergy between the Extreme and Express is meant to work. Right or wrong--great minds think alike. LOL

Wuz

Due to a move into a new house last year, I hadn't used my Airports in over a year. I wanted to start using them again so I downloaded the 7.6.1 Firmware update and updated the Airport Utility to 6.1. I run OSx Lion on my Macbook.

I was drawn to this posting because I have 2 Airports (Dining Room and Master Bedroom). The Dining Room Airport was flashing yellow and was not being "picked up" by the Airport Utility. I saw the post regarding, hooking the Airport directly to my MacBook via an Ethernet. I did that and "presto" -- I could see and configure my Dining Room Airport. Great!

Then, a new problem developed. Both Airports are lit green when I physically look at each device. And, I can see both of them on the Airport Utility screen ....BUT on the Airport Utility screen next to each Airport there is a yellow triangle with an exclamation point going through the triangle and it says "device not found". If I hook each device up with an ethernet -- they are green on the screen. When I take them off the ethernet cord -- they turn into yellow triangles. Regardless of all that -- they are both still display the green light on the Airport device itself.

Any suggestions, guys??!

OK, I think I fixed it after reading some other threads. I downloaded Airport Utility 5.6 (instead of 6.1) and I can see both devices on the Airport Utility and they both are a beautiful green!