Airport Working but Cannot Be Found

My Airport signal strength is great and I connect to the Internet just fine with my Powerbook. But Airport Admin Utility can't find it! Even upon ReScan, nothing. I'm trying to reconfigure my settings to Bridge Mode, which is requested by my iBook for PPPoE. How is it possible for the Airport to be working great but not be found?

Thanks. I worked on this and re-configured the Airport after a hard reset and I figure this will be the correct solution, although my DSL modem, even after re-setting, still grabs onto my Powerbook and not the Airport [note - the Airport distributed IP addresses fine when I used to use dialup. After switching to DSL, I THOUGHT it was doing the same. Only after I tried connecting my iBook wirelessly did I realize, eventually, that the DSL modem is delivering its IP address through the base station and directly to the PB, and not TO the base station. It may be using Hardware Access Provisioning, and may require a manual entry of the Airport's ID. I've asked the ISP for clarification. If not, I may just need to hard reset and reconfigure again [and again?] until this works.

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Ok.. let me try again..
Going back to your first post.
I have plugged in an ethernet cable joining my MBA to the TC, and another from the TC to the wall socket. I can access the internet without any problems.
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