Airport will not turn off and is acting strange

my airport has recently been doing something strange. According to the status bar icon, it is turned on but has a weak signal(greyed bars rather than black) when you click the icon it says the airport is turned off and gives the option to turn it on. I then open internet connect and it says it is turned on and gives me the option to turn it off. I have tried to turn it off, it won't. It also says that the network is unavailable, while in network it says I am connected. Through all of this, I am still able to connect to the internet. Main problem being, I can't turn it off.

Is this an airport extreme or express? I would advise resetting it. If that does not resolve I would powercycle both the airport and the modem. Still not resolved, I would do a hard reset on the base station.
Resetting Airport Extreme:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107451
Resetting Airport Express:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=108044
Airport Troubleshooting Guide:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106858

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