Airport utility greyed out

Hi
trying to install airport extreme base station. I attempted to use an exisitng network from my old wireless router (and failed first try) Now the airport utility is greyed out - can't use any of it's options/menus
Searched for trouble shooting tips - but can't find anything helpful
Help!
thanks

The simple "fix" might be to temporarily connect an Ethernet cable from your router to one of the LAN <-> ports on the AirPort Extreme to see if AirPort Utility can "see" it.
If no luck, you'll need to perform a Factory Default Reset on the AirPort Extreme and then reconfigure it again.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3728?viewlocale=en_US

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