Can't see Extreme station from mac, but I can from Windows

Hi. I've got an iMac 400 slotloading with OS X 10.2.8 installed.
The version of the AirPort Admin Utility on the mac is 3.1.1. It cannot see the AirPort Extreme station.
My WinXP Pro can see it. It has the AirPort Admin Utility 4.2 installed.
The base station has firmware 5.6. I don't think that the mac 3.1.1 utility can recognize the extreme station any longer because of its firmware. According to the docs, it works with 5.1 firmware.
If I wanted to get the 5.1 firmware and reinstall it, where would I get it? I can't seem to find it in the downloads.
If I install the 5.1 firmware, would my PC admin utiltiy continue to work with the base station?
Thanks,
Doug

You only need one computer to configure the Base Station - and since you can easily do this from your PC, you really don't need to be able to do it from your Mac as well. I suggest you stop worrying about this, leave your Base Station running with the current firmware version, and use your PC if you ever need to make a configuration change.
Note that NO Base Station software needs to be installed on the Mac, for the Mac to be able to connect wirelessly to the Base Station. If your Mac is currently unable to establish a wireless connection to the Base Station, you have a different problem - and one that won't be solved by installing the Airport Admin Utility or downgrading firmware on the Base Station. Incidentally - what type of wireless security are you using on the Base Station - WEP or WPA? A base station configured to use WPA security will only be accessible by a Mac running at least MacOS 10.3.

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