Airport Express with New Firmware 7.8 - Problems with connectivity and Airport Utility I have multiple Airport Express which seem to have some problems since i have updated to the new Firmware (7.8)


The Airport Express looses Connection very often (with the old Firmware this never happend) 
If they are connected and working, The Airport Express wont show up in Airport Utility (with the old Firmware this was never a problem) 


Has anybody experienced the same? Hints where I can start searching for a solution?
Apparently there are connectivity issues with this new firmware, in particular when extending networks. Here are other people describing the same: 
https://discussions.apple.com/message/34061766

Right now, the solution seems to be to downgrade to the previous firmware, in case you don't want to use AirPlay 2.

I don't have any major issues when using the Airport Express just as an AirPlay 2 client, but of course this leads to loss of the extender function.