I no longer see my WD passport on the desktop and the time machine no longer backs up.  What can I do to fix this?  Thank you

I haven't had my iMac backed up in quite awhile because my WD passport is not being recognized.  I went to disk utility to set it up again, but get the message "No configured AirPort base stations have been found."  I've even did the simple thing of turning off my machine, unplugging the WD passport and then replugging it in after a rebooting. Nothing!  What have I done to mess this up and can it be fix?  Thank you for any help you can give.
I wasn't sure what info you might need:
Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5 (11GB63b)
Processor GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4 GB 1067 MHz Ram
WD Passport for Mac 1T

Is the WD drive plugged into the Mac directly or into the Airport??
If it is in the airport.. unplug it and plug it back into the Mac.. you cannot use Disk Utility on remote drives.
The WD could be dead.. Disk utility should show you.

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