Airport Utility on Server can't see Airport N Gigabit

First off, my setup: A server running 10.5.4 Server; a MacBook Pro running 10.5.4 client; an Airport Extreme Base Station-N/Gigabit.
The problem is that from my server neither Airport Utility or the RADIUS service can see or config my Airport, but from my MacBook Pro, Airport Utility can see it just fine whether wired to the same network as my server or when connected via Wi-Fi. The version of Airport Utility is the same on my server and MBP. All three –– the Airport, the server, and the MBP –– are connected via the built-in switch on my router, so there should be no reason why my MBP can see the Airport but my server can't. I've also tried pinging the Airport from my server and did so successfully, so I know there's a good network connection (besides the fact that no other service is having trouble talking to my server from either inside or outside my network).
Thoughts?

Airport utility on my Mac (10.7.5) doesn't see AX although it is connected to the internet through it.
Apple uses the AX abbreviation for the AirPort Express. The AirPort Extreme is known as an AEBS.
If you have an AirPort Extreme, temporarily connect a spare Ethernet cable from your Mac to a LAN <-> port on the Airport router to see if AirPort Utility can "see" it that way.
If you happen to have an older "round" AEBS, AirPort Utility 6.2 cannot be used to configure this older version of the AirPort. Instead, you will need to use AirPort Utility 5.6 for Mac OS X Lion for that task.
My objective was to install an extern backup drive (to configure Time Machine through the wifi)
Apple does not officially support Time Machine backups to a drive at the USB port of the AirPort Extreme, so your results may not be to your liking if you try this. It does seem to work for some users....while other users (like me) have nothing but problems when they try this.
If you happen to have the older "round" version of the AirPort Extreme, the USB port on that version will only support the print function.

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