Airport Utility keeps loosing AE! Otherwise fine!!

Hi all,
A strange one in that Airport Utility often can't see my AEBS (and the AEX) and carries on like this unless I do a quick reboot (unplug it and back). Strangely my wireless connection to my iMac is not affected by this with uninterupted connection.
The one area it does affect me is when I print as I have a USB printer attached to the Express. I have to reboot the AEBS each day I want to actually print something and it is getting annoying!
I have even tried a hard reset but still the problem persists. Notice also from other posts that some think there are problems with WPA so may try a change in security to see if this does it but any other ideas out there?
Thanks, Mike

10.5.3 does not seem to have helped either - seems to be worse if anything as Airport Utility managed to see my AEBS sometimes with 10.5.2 but can't see it all all now!
Off for a reboot....

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