Airport Extreme Base Station is not picked up by my Mac Bok Pro

I purchased a Airport Extreme Station, set it up, and everything worked fine.
We had a power outage and since then neither my Macbook Pro nor my other laptop sees the base station. I hard reset the unit, still no response. I hooked up the the base station to my Macbook Pro with the straight-through ethernet cable and yes there it was.
After I unplugged the cable, the airport could not locate the base station again. I have the latest firmware upgrade and Airport software upgrade.
I am running out of options and ideas - any help?
Message was edited by: marbmarc

Perhaps try downloading the latest update and reload it into the Extreme. It is possible that something was corrupted during the power outage that is causing things to be a little bonkers. Use the Search in the top right of this window and look for "Airport Extreme Firmware". You may have to dig a little bit to find the most current but its there. Download it and install while connected via ethernet.

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