Airport Express Won't connect to my network

[eric.schaller87]

hi, i recently bought an Airport Express, and i finally took it out of its box after i purchased my new stereo. I connected the audio cable to the stereo and the airport unit and plugged it into an outlet. I opened up airport utility on my mac, AX appeared and i configured it to "join a wireless network". After completing the remaining steps, i updated it.. and waited for it to restart. Now here's my problem. It comes up with an error telling me it couldn't find the device after restarting. I have Verizon FiOS as my provider.. and I know that airport express has a history of trouble with the Actiontec router. Is there anything i can do with my current equipment to get this thing to work? I do not need to extend the network.. only join to use airtunes and print wirelessly... Also, my Actiontec router and FiOS connection are through my crappy dell pc downstairs, while i am using my 24" iMac upstairs in my bedroom trying to connect this. Should i change my router's settings? Thanks in advance :)

[eric.schaller87]

anyone??

[eric.schaller87]

should i be giving you more information?

[msprouls]

Have you reset the Air-Express? I have always attached my express physically to the network to configure it and then move it to the location where I want to use it.

[eric.schaller87]

Have you reset the Air-Express? I have always attached my express physically to the network to configure it and then move it to the location where I want to use it.

yea i have.. multiple times.. and it shows up again but i try configuring it.. and the same thing happens

[romeo4444]

Eric, I have the same issue after switching over to Fios w/ Airport Express. Were you ever able to find a solution after it restarts?

[rip.syd]

Bumping this,

It seems airports cause a lot of problems,
the only way i can get my mac to recognize/find the airport express is if i physically go and hold the reset button for 10 seconds on the device...

then, same problem, after the device restarts, my comp cannot find it again, and the ONLY way ( that ive found ) for my comp to find it, is to reset, - thus repeating the whole process

it seems i can get my airport to play my itunes music, , but i cannot join my existing wireless network.

so i am forced to chose, have internet access and just keep AE. off, or have air tunes but no internet access whatsoever.

such a pain!
:apple:

[etzio]

rip.syd

I am having the exact same problem, only that I cannot even get the AE to connect enough to play iTunes wirelessly. How are you managing to do at minimum that , if when it restarts your computer cannot find it?

[rip.syd]

etzio

In order to get airtunes working i have to open the window that scans for the AE, when it is scanning, i go up and reset the device manually, then i rescan once or twice and it finally picks it up and recognizes it,

once i have found it, before going any further with the configuration,
i just open i tunes and in the bottom right corner there is this new available option to chose the remote speakers
so i select
Base station 0528s or whatever it is.
voila.

however, that = no internet access, and if i continue with the configuration of the device, airtunes becomes unavailable again once the device fails to complete that restart process or whatever happens..

tres difficult

if i figure out how to get it working,
ill post here

[MelbourneRed]

I recently had the same problem and came across your thread while doing a google search to fix it. I got it to work by following the advice by Superslacker in this thread. Configured it with an ethernet cable first and it works now.

http://forums.ilounge.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=77613