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So then they tried telling me that the problem was because the Huawei was a 3rd party router, that was the issue. I had literally the entire store trying to figure it out. when we tried to use my chics iPhone or any of the Apple Store emplyee iPhones they could not play their music thru my network via AirPlay. So I finally got the AP Express to work with AirPlay as a client. But this time, it only did so because the USB stick was plugged directly into the USB port of the MacBook Air (usually it is plugged into a wall socket via its adapter). Low and behold, after doing things EXACTLY as I had been doing them at home (I brought my entire setup to the store) the AP Ex finally connected to my network. So I went to the Apple Store today and tried to show them how it wasnt working.

Apple airport express setup mac os sirra download#

Not sure about the firmware updates, where would I download these? Im running AirPort Utility 6.1, is there a newer one? Im off to my local Apple store for assistance but I doubt those salesmen will know more than you guys do. This is very frustrating to say the least. I thought Apple products were supposed to 'just work'. And as you can tell by this thread, trying 5.6 yielded me no better results. Ive even tried using AirPort Utility 5.6 being as 6.1 is supposedly worse. They seem to all be related to older models of the AP Express and an older version of AirPort Utility. Ive found plenty of people with the same problem but none of the solutions worked nor are they current. Ive searched the net for over 4 hours looking for solutions or people with the same issues. But when I go into Airport Utility the AP Ex still doesnt show up, and when I try to connect via iTunes or my iPhone a connection failure always occurs. I will either end up with a amber blinking light on the unit or sometimes I will get it to show green, and on my router it will show that the AP Ex is connected to the network, provide me its MAC address and all of that. The sole purpose of the AP Ex in my case is for it to simply be a client and connect to my stereo for AirPlay.ĭuring the setup I instruct it to do so. But then I loose internet capabilities for any of the products connected to the AP Ex. I can get the AP Ex to create its own network and function just fine. Ive hard reset the AP Ex probably a dozen times and tried every single possible order of booting everything up. I continually get the 'Unexpected error occurred. Ive tried shutting the encryption off so that it would be easier for the AP Ex to join the network but that failed also. It is secured with WPA2 mixed encryption. I have a Huawei E355 USB WiFi hotspot key that provides my wireless network. I have no interest in extending the existing network, as Im aware that it wont do that for non-apple wireless signals. OK, so I bought a AP Express yesterday and Ive yet to get it to work as a client.