Airport admin utility with Hawking base station?

Hello;
I just bought an iMac with OS 10.4.2. Previously I was using a Hawking router with wireless, but I connected it to my old laptop by ethernet. Now I would like to use wireless. It works fine, except I would like to set-up the Hawking base station with security. Admin utility does not see the Hawking. Can this be done without buying an airport express or extreme? (I have checked the discussions but it seems no one has tried this. I have also looked at the Hawking websites but there are no patches that I can find)
John

Thanks guys for the quick response. However, (perhaps I'm an idiot) but the only thing that happened when I punched in the IP address you gave me into the browser was "could not find the server". No utility opened. I tried it in both Safari and Firefox to the same affect. Am I doing that right?
Johnvand
iMac G4 1.33 ghz OSX.4.2

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