AirPort Admin can't find Linksys Router

Someone gave me a Linksys BEFW11S4 "Wireless Access Point Router with 4-Port Switch", which appears to be roughly equivalent to an original (802.11b) AirPort Base Station. It's as ugly as most Windoze hardware, but I figure it might be useful to someone.
I don't understand much about networking tech, but find that when I start it up (1) my AirPort menu sees a network named "linksys" which it can connect to (it's now checked, and I'm connected to the Internet through it and a DSL modem connected to it), but (b) it doesn't appear in AirPort Admin Utility, so I can't configure it (name the network, change password, etc.). Can anyone elucidate?
PowerBook G4 17" 1.5GHz   Mac OS X (10.4.6)   1GB RAM, 80GB HD, DVD-RAM SuperDrive

It won't come up up in Airport Admin Utility. To configure the router launch a browser. Typically Linksys routers use 192.168.1.1 as the admin address for their routers. Once there, use admin as the password to gain access. If it won't let you in you will need to reset the router to factory default settings. Check the Linksys web site for the router manual.

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