Airport Admin Can't Read my configuration on my base

I'm trying to open up a port for this website that I go to where I download music. I can make my changes on my mac in the network settings but when I go to the Airport Admin to make the change there to my wireless configuration, I get a message saying the "admin can't read the configuration for the base..."
I'm able to get on line and have no problems there.
Any ideas?
Thanks,

Shall we assume your network consists only of a cable/dsl modem, an Airport Express, and a Mac?
There are only a few things that can cause this error message, but the most common among them is having installed non-Apple firewall software or "internet protection" software or VPN client software on the Mac. Make sure all such software is disabled or uninstalled before running the Airport Admin Utility.
If you still have problems, do a factory default reset of the Airport Express per:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=108044
...then reconfigure the device from scratch.

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