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Why is my Airport Express blinking amber? Also, unable to stream videos on YouTube since getting Airport Express on all devices in house.
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A persistent, flashing amber light indicates that any of the several potential conditions may require your attention:
(ref: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305101)
If you run the AirPort Utility, it will show an amber circle on the summary page next to the area(s) causing the problem. Click on this amber circle and it should provide an explanation. Please post back your results.
It's usually an indication of a configuration problem. Open Airport Utility, select the AEX, the click on the tiny amber circle. It should then tell you where the problem is.
Open AirPort Utility and click on the Express. The reason for the blinking light will appear next to "status".
Great...the light is now solid green! However, it didn't solve my YouTube problem. I was hoping this was related to the router. I have updated my Chrome, emptied the cache, changed the video quality. We began experiencing this problem when we got the Airport Express. I can stream videos on other sites and can even see the advertisemnts on YouTube, but not the actual YouTube Video. Has this happened to anyone else? This happens on both laptops and ipods.
By streaming do you mean watching YouTube videos on your computer via a web browser? If so, what operating system is your computer running?
yes, watching YouTube videos on computer via a web browser. I have the latest version of Chrome and have Windows 7 OS. Have 2 laptops with the same configurations, and also cannot watch via YouTube app on IPod or via Safari on IPod. SInce every device is having the same issue, I figured it might have something to do with the router.
What router did the AirPort Express replace? Do you have more than one Express in your current network configuration? If so, how are they configured? That is, are they being used to extend the wireless range or just for streaming?
It replaced a netgear wireless router, I can't remember the exact one. The Netgear was working fine until a power outage. Just one Express router, I am in a one floor condo.
As far as I know there are no known incompatibilities between YouTube and Apple routers.
As you may already know, YouTube video requires just a few things:
At this point since you starting having the issue after replacing the Netgear with the Express, I can only recommend that you perform a full Power Recycle of your networking hardware to make sure that they are communicating properly. Please check out the following AirPort User Tip for details.
Thanks for the information! I will continue to work on this issue.
Is it possible you simply need to update Flash Player? Adobe released a new version within the past few days, and OS X now disables outdated versions by default. When that occurs Safari will show an informative message but I don't know what Chrome does.
Download it from this site: http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
If that's the case your Express problems would have been merely coincidental.
Thanks, It says that it automatically updates, but I'm going to tinker with it. It is the strangest thing, I can't find any information about this problem.
Why is my Airport Express blinking amber? Also, unable to stream videos on YouTube since getting Airport Express on all devices in house.
