How do I connect windows xp laptop to my airport?

I cant seem to get my husbands xp laptop to connect to my airport network my mac book and my sons macbook connect with no problem.

My PC picks up all available wireless networks via wideband but does not recognise the Airport Extreme.
How do you have the AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS) configured? Is it configured to only create a 5 GHz network? If so, does the PC have 802.11n or 802.11a capability?
I have also not figured out how to use the network to send messages, etc., back and forth between my MacBook Pro and my wife's MacBook although we can both send files via Bluetooth.
Have you tried using iChat?

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