Airport Utility 6.0 doesn't detect my network after any change

10.7.3, Airport Utility 6.0, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air, Airport Extreme and Airport Express base stations
How does one get Airport Utility 6.0 to see their network again after making any changes to one of the base stations?
When you make any change to any of your base stations airport utility no longer detects your network. All it shows is the internet and it says not connected. All base stations are all up and in the green except for one. From the airport drop down I verify I am on my own network and I can browse normally, yet Airport Utility 6.0, on any connected computer, does not see the network. An older version of Airport Utility is able to see all base stations normally, it is only 6.0 that has the problem.
The only work around I have found is to take an extra base station and reset it. I join the new base station's default network. Airport Utility sets things up, and the network reappears. The trouble is, Airport Utility changes the name of the network to the name of the computer I'm on at the moment. When I use airport utility to change the name back my network disappears again (in Airport Utility. So, I guess I'll change the name of a computer to my network name and try again.
Does anyone have a better way to make the network reappear in Airport Utility? I have tried connecting directly, base stain to Mac on both the WAN and LAN ports of the base station. I have tried using a Mac with a fresh install of 10.7.3 and AP Utility 6.0. I have tried shutting down my network and starting with just the main AP base station. Any other ideas to make my network reappear in Airport Utility after making any change?
(Tried restarting, new user, other laptops, fresh install, only one base station0

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