Airport icon grey

My airport icon has turned grey and I can't get online. My iPad still connects to my wifi and whilst the iMac sees the network it just won't connect. Restarted the mac, router several times. Is there a hardware utility that allows me to repair the airport?
Thanks in anticipation of help.

Have you tried the simple solution posted by quovadis?
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=934593
I hope it works for you.

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Have you tried the simple solution posted by quovadis?
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=934593
I hope it works for you.

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The Airport icon in the menu bar is "greyed out" implying my computer (iBook Powerbook 4,1) is too far from the wireless base station. However I am typing this question on another iBook that is less than a foot away from the problem machine.
The older computer did not have built in Wireless capability and we purchased and installed an Airport Extreme card. This was maybe ten years ago.
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Hello MartaGo,
Welcome to the  Discussions!!!
Look in System Preferences -> Sharing -> Internet and see if Internet Sharing is on. If it is, turn it off.
The arrow through your Airport Menulet indicates that your Mac is acting as a Software Base Station and is using your Airport card to wirelessly share your internet connection (ala Airport Base Station).
I used my Mac Mini to do this while I was waiting for my Base Station. Worked great for my wife's PB.
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Last night after several years trouble free operation Airport on my wife's G4 suddenly started cutting out and then coming back in. Sometimes it was off for a few seconds, sometimes for a few minutes. Restarting didn't cure the problem.
This morning it was steady for several hours, then started cutting out/in, now it seems to be mainly out.
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When networks are shown clicking on ours sometimes, but not always, brought it back on.
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I have tried reseating the Airport card and checking the aerial connection but these seem OK. (I’m assuming that the existence of four bars at all times shows that a signal is being received so card problems are unlikely; is that right?)
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+”Get Temperature Monitor - 4.51 to see if it's heat related”+
I’ve used Temperature Monitor in the past and it only shows drives, not CPUs on our G4s. (Reading round this seems to be a problem with the current version and I can’t find any earlier ones.) However I reinstalled TM and it showed drive temperatures going up and then staying very steady at around 35° for the boot drive (newer) and a bit lower for the original HD. I haven’t actually observed the CPU fan running but air is definitely moving through its vent. The CPU/fan area is clear of dust.
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