IMac not seeing my Airport Extreme

How do I get my iMac to see and connect wirelessly to my Airport Extreme?
When I turn on Airport on my iMac (PowerPC G5) it does not see my Airport Extreme that is in the same room. It sees the wireless networks of my neighbours. My work PC laptop sees the Airport and successfully connects. Advice please?

Thank-you for the prompt response. I have already gone to the Network setting (right after posting). It shows the network name with 'none' under security. It does not give me the option of 'Apply Now' but rather 'Assist Me' going through that process has not been successful.

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Microsoft offered two versions of the "white" USB Wi-Fi adapter for the original XBox 360; one for 802.11b/g and the other included 802.11n. Both only support the 2.4 GHz radio band. Which do you have?
By default, your new 802.11n AirPort Extreme Base Station (AEBSn) provides support on both the 2.4 & 5 GHz radio bands and for all of the current radio modes (802.11) ... so, by theory, the XBox should be able to find and connect to its wireless network. However, I have noted that original XBox did have some issues connecting with these default settings.
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If that radio mode still doesn't solve the connection problem, try temporarily disabling wireless security on the AEBSn. Please post back your results.

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I have an AEBS up and running with my macbook wirelessly connected and have been trying to add my IBM PC notebook wirelessly to this existing network unsuccessfully, as the PC cannot see the network.
The PC is used by me for work and connects on the road to all sorts of networks with no problem. It also sees many other wireless networks at my home but not the AEBS network.
I dont have a closed network and even with searching the forum, dont seem to have any possible solution - bizarre !
Grateful for any help out there
Cheers

not sure !!
how do i check this,
Applications > Utilities > Airport Admin Utility
Scan and Select your Airport
On the Airport Tab
It will tell you which channel you are on.
as it was not an issue for the
macbook that is connecting wirelessly to the AEBS ?
Your router can use channels 1-13, however your PC may be restricted to channels 1-11 as some manufactures configure their PCs for the US market standard and not necessarily the local market. Your MacBook can access channels 12 and 13.

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Imac will not connect to Airport Extreme when configured WPA/WPA2
Posted: Jul 5, 2007 8:22 PM Reply
I just got my Imac to connect to the internet using my Airport Extreme but only by using WEP. I had my Windows XP SP2 machines connecting using WPA/WPA2 with no problem. The Imac will not connect using anything other than WEP, and 1 of the XP machines will not connect using WEP.(I have not tried the other XP machines) I had to set the Airport Extreme for an open network in order to let both computers access the shared hard drive and access the internet.
I don't know what the problem might be and would appreciate any suggestions.
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hehe...on the visuals. I figured it out already, and I have the old airport card. However, I did a chat with Apple support and while we were chatting I found a USB adapter with MAC drivers which will work. It is:
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I believe that there is a problem with my Airport card inside my Mac.
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configd plug-in: 6.2.3 (623.2)
System Profiler: 6.0 (600.9)
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Country Code:
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Supported Channels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 100, 104, 108, 112, 116, 120, 124, 128, 132, 136, 140, 149, 153, 157, 161, 165
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JacoColtrane wrote:
Next I plugged the ethernet cable directly from my Airport Extreme into my iMac.
Airport Utility immediately recognized the base station and I was able to configure it with a device ID and password.
After plugging the base station back into my DSL router, Airport Utility still couldn't find it.
In the future if you have to use an Ethernet cable to configure your AirPort Extreme, it would be better to use a second cable to connect your Mac to one of the Extreme's LAN ports. Then the configuration could be completed using the final connections.
It might help to reset the connection settings on your Mac using these steps one at a time until it works again:
1) Use the AirPort menu bar item to turn AirPort off, then on again.
2) Try to select your Wi-Fi network from the AirPort menu.
3) In the Network panel of System Preferences delete the AirPort item from the left column, then add it back.
4) In the same panel as (2), define a new location and see if you can make that work.
5) In the same panel, select the AirPort connection item, click the "Advanced" button, select the "TCP/IP" tab, then click "Renew DHCP Lease".
6) In the folder /Library/Preferences ( not <yourhomefolder>/Library/Preferences), move the folder SystemConfiguration onto the Desktop, then restart your computer. See if you can now make your AirPort connection work.
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301724
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2256
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