AirPort refuses to be detected.

Earlier today i was playing around with AirPort settings to try to get my PSP to work with it. Now all of sudden my AirPort Express cannot be found by my iMac and im going crazy looking for the option to set up a new network.
AirPort Seup Assistant cannot find anything either.
Any idea whats going on?
*nathan

Hey Alan,
About 10 mins after i posted, i shut down the Mac, unplugged AE from everything, plugged it back in, restet, and turned back on the Mac. The AirPort Setup Utility worked fine.
Thanks anyways for the help,
*nathan

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