Airport Utility can't see Airport Express!

Running Snow Leopard. Just installed latest version of Airport Utility. I use a D-Link Wireless router which my Airport has no problem connecting to. My wireless printer has no problems connecting to the network. I've disabled all security on the router just in case. The AE is three feet away from the laptop and one room away from the wireless router.
I've plugged the AE directly into into the DSL modem, directly into the router, and then directly into the laptop. Each time the AE turns green. However, never does the Airport Utility see the AE. Everything is grayed out so I can't configure anything. I've done a hard reset, rebooted the router and modem. Rebooted my MacBook Pro. I just want to stream my music because my current router set up works just fine. I've spent about 4 hours on this so far tonight and after reading pages of support postings still can't solve the problem. Any ideas?
Message was edited by: krenkelt

Sadly yes. I've reset it twice but no luck. It's odd that it doesn't show up anywhere. Any reason that the Airport wouldn't recognize that the AE transmitting? If I plug it directly into the Macbook using a ethernet cable, it does see it then but no information, just recognizes there's something plugged into it

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