Airport utility + leopard = no worky

i dont know whether to post this here or in the leopard section, but since ive installed leopard, my airport utility cant find my airport extreme station. the airport extreme is still working, and all the computers can still get online... BUT i cant log into it to change the settings and stuff. any ideas?

I installed Leopard on my 6 month old imac yesterday and my airport card does not show up any longer. Also, my imac can't see anything wirelessly. However, my i-touch and Dell pc CAN see my airport extreme base station just fine. When I click on the Apple icon and select about this mac , click more info, and then select Airport Card, it says No Information Found. Did you get your issue resolved? Maybe mine is the same.

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    i dont know whether to post this here or in the leopard section, but since ive installed leopard, my airport utility cant find my airport extreme station. the airport extreme is still working, and all the computers can still get online... BUT i cant log into it to change the settings and stuff. any ideas?

    I had the same problem, but doing what was recommended elsewhere didn't work. Here is how it eventually worked:
    open up /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app and type:
    dns-sd -B airport.tcp
    Does the airport show up below the command? If it doesn't say add there is a problem with something other than airport utility. To get out of the command type ctrl-c (that's hold control down and type c).
    I plugged my computer directly into the base station with an ethernet cord, and ran the command again. For me the airport showed up right away. I then opened airport utility, ran the configuration, and then unplugged my computer. It all works fine now. Good luck.

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    Interesting problem...
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    OK, problem solved...
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    Message was edited by: AlphaBobRI

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    My new iMac and Time Capsule are going to be delivered today, and I was wondering if it was necessary to use the Airport Utility CD that comes with the Time Capsule to set it up, or is there a more up to date Airport Utility as part of Snow Leopard?

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    Message was edited by: John Galt

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    The Factory Reset universal
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    Release reset.
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    Be Gentle! Feel the switch click on. It has a positive feel..  add no more pressure after that.
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    No files are deleted on the hard disk.. No reset of the TC deletes files.. to do that you use erase from the airport utility.
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  • Leopard 10.5.2 - airport utility app doesn't detact anything

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    Thanks for the help and sorry for the delay, been too busy and WIFI still worked, but now I really want to use airdisk and my printer. I resetted multiple times. When I reset, airport utility app detects the airport extreme, but hangs on reading the configuration.
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    This question probably applies to Airport Extremes as well as Time Capsules, but I happened to see it with a new TC.
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