Airport Utility cannot find airport express

I also have an AiPort Express A1264 that cannot be found by my AirPort Utility 6.3.1 (631.4). When I try the reset as described in the Sep 26, 2014 post get one of two results: "No configured AirPort base stations have been found. AirPort Utility will continue searching." and the wheel of death goes on forever; or "Other Wi-Fi Devices" does show AirPort Express, but once selected the connection drops before it finishes and I'm asked to try again.

Any suggestions?

Thank you so much! This allowed me to locate and set up a new Express as well. But - why in the world could it be done on an iPad, but not on my iMac?

If you have Mavericks or Yosemite installed on your Mac, both operating systems are loaded with network bugs.

I am still using 10.8.5 - I didn't like the newer design and in particular, the newer iTunes. Wondering how long I can hold out til I will really need to upgrade for some reason... do you have an opinion as to whether I should stay with 10.8.5 as long as possible (or if there are compelling reasons to upgrade)?

Thanks again.

Network issues started with Lion 10.7.5. See the support document below, which might solve your issue.

This same issue has carried forth into 10.8.x. 10.9.x and 10.10.x.

AirPort base station not seen or "An unexpected error occurred" appears in AirPort Utility 6.3 - Apple Support

Thank you once again. Don't know if I need to do this now, as the iPad trick resulted in the device appearing in AirPort utility - but I will keep that page in my tips folder.

I would also like to say thank you. I have been using Airport Utility on Yosemite, and sometimes it sees my Airport Time Capsule, and sometimes it doesn't (despite that fact that the iMac is connected to the internet via the same Airport). I found this thread, and read the tip from the article to switch IP6 to Linked-local, and voila! No more issues connecting to the Airport. With regards to Apple: Why? Lame! With regards to this forum: Awesome! Thanks!

OK my turn.

I recently changed out my WAP (Dlink 655) for a dual-band comcast modem/WAP and now have a new network to which I need to connect my Airport Express A1264. I am running OSX 10.10.2 and Airport Utility 634.17. I have done the default reset and the AExp is obediently flashing "slow amber" (seems like someone had to choose that description deliberately). When I try to set up using Airport Utility, the AExp cannot be found, including under the "Other Wi-Fi Devices" button. On my iPhone 6 Plus, when I try to follow the above steps, there is no option under Settings>W-Fi having anything to do with Airport devices. Do I need to update OSX/AUtility/iOS or is there something else I need to do? Thanks.

BTW,

I only use AExp for streaming music to my receiver. Thanks.

My old Airport Express (1264) drives me crazy and my issues may relate to those discussed here.

As far as I remember, I never managed to combine both airplay & wifi but never had a real need for this. Now, I want to use airfoil to airplay from Deezer and need both.

I've played around a couple of hours without any success + somehow unpredictable behaviours.

I've disactivated the Wifi on my modem/router (Proximus bbbox 2); changed (when I could view the airport in the utility) the airport mode to/from bridge / NAT & DHCP and even updated the firmware.

Last time I managed to view the airport in the utility, I tried to switch it back to DHCP & NAT; the update took quite a while and ended with "an error occurred while updating the config". Since then, I did not manage to connect with the airport (tried plugging / unplugging the modem cable / activating/ deactiving wifi. Not sure if I tried all combinations since I got a bit bored

The only way to manage to get the green light on the airplay is to disactivate the modem/router wifi and plugging the modem cable in the airport.

Until recently, I managed to airplay on the station (but loosing internet) with the modem cable unplugged; this worked though the station led was amber

Thanks for your help and tips

Well, never mind. I finally remembered the trick for making this work. I have to turn the wi-fi on, on the Mac. It just doesn't work if I use a wired connection to the wi-fi base station.