AirPort Not Seeing Networks

The writing's on the wall but I'll put up a post as one last ditch effort.
I took in a PowerBook 15" 1.5 GHz. First thing I did was do an Archive and Install of OS X 10.4. With the first boot the AirPort wasn't seeing nearby networks. I then exhausted all available Software Updates and repaired permissions.
It still wouldn't see nearby networks.
System Profiler sees the card. I can turn it off and on as much as I like.
System Preferences/Network lets me rearrange the order to place it at the top of the list. It won't let me delete the interface unless I rename it, add a new interface called AirPort, then delete the original.
I then tried reseating the card and antenna.
Next, I tried booting an OS X 10.5 install disk and tried to join the nearby networks that way. Still no success.
Next, I tried to swap the card with another from a known working unit. Still no success.
Along the way, I also tried reapplying the 10.4.11 Combo Updater for PPC, even though it was part of the first round of updates that came through on Software Update.
Any thoughts other than the probability that the motherboard is malfunctioning?

*Back from the Apple Store and a meeting with a very competent genius. The card works and I was able to access the Internet there. Returned home and I was very optimistic and ready to get back to normal. I restarted the computer and had the same problem, not seeing ANY WiFi networks, including my Airport Express or any of my neighbors' networks. I took the computer to another building in my complex and was able to join onto one of the WiFi networks there, so that tells me that there may be outside influences at work here. I have just re-installed OSX to make a clean start to see if that would make a difference, again nothing. My next move is to check with one of my neighbors to see if they are having the same problem. Otherwise, it's very strange and I'm stumped. I'm open to any other ideas and suggestions, if anyone here has any. Thanks, JD*

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*After waking the PowerBook from overnight Sleep mode this morning, my Airport isn't working. No reception of mine or any other WiFi networks in my building (there are typically 4 or 5 of my neighbors' wireless networks displayed when I check using Internet Connection). After numerous re-starts, forced re-starts, re-boots and Disk Utility passes, nothing. I re-set my Airport Express, nothing. I re-seated my internal Airport card and checked the antenna connector, still nothing. Do Airport cards eventually just quit working? Anyone here have any other ideas or suggestions? Thanks, Jd*
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*Back from the Apple Store and a meeting with a very competent genius. The card works and I was able to access the Internet there. Returned home and I was very optimistic and ready to get back to normal. I restarted the computer and had the same problem, not seeing ANY WiFi networks, including my Airport Express or any of my neighbors' networks. I took the computer to another building in my complex and was able to join onto one of the WiFi networks there, so that tells me that there may be outside influences at work here. I have just re-installed OSX to make a clean start to see if that would make a difference, again nothing. My next move is to check with one of my neighbors to see if they are having the same problem. Otherwise, it's very strange and I'm stumped. I'm open to any other ideas and suggestions, if anyone here has any. Thanks, JD*

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Hi all,
I have almost three years of happy and almost trouble-free Airport Express use under my belt, but have encountered a problem I can't fix. Here is the situation:
(1) My Airport does not see my base station, nor the wireless network that I have been using for a long time.
(2) I have (after trying many other things) now done a factory default reset, and the problem still continues.
(3) Interestingly, my wife's computer (a Vaio) CAN see the base station and the wireless network. (Because of the reset I did, it is now a network which has the factory default settings.)
(4) Even more interestingly, my computer CAN see other wireless networks in the area, just not mine. So it seems that only my base station is invisible, and only from my computer!
(5) When I try to log in to the base station manually through Airport Admin Utility, using the address I have always used and the default password, I get the message 'The Airport Admin Utility was unable to read the configuration of the selected base station. An error occurred while reading the base station.'
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OK, I seem to have solved the problem. In case anyone else is having a similar problem, here is what I did:
- after browsing through the discussion forums here, I discovered that I could connect to my base station by plugging the ethernet cable from the base station to the computer. I did that, and my computer was finally able to see the base station.
- that was the key. Once I could open the base station in Airport Admin Utility, I played around a little with the settings. The key was to change the 'channel' setting for the network to '1' from 'Automatic'. (I suspect it need not have been '1', but it was moving it off Automatic that seemed to matter.)
That solved the problem. I have no idea why the Automatic setting worked before and not now (something to do with the most recent software upgrade??), but at least it is solved now.
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