LAN not seeing Base Station

My snow base station can't be seen even with a LAN connection between my iMac and the Base Station. What gives? Yes, I have done a hard restart. When in Admin utility I get a message that either says "Connection failed," or that there is no Base Station available. Is my snow base station a gonn'r or something?

Yes, H.B., that is correct. A week ago, my two laptops suddenly did not pick up the Airport; the message, "You are not connected to the Internet" would appear in my Safari window. Then, my iMac, which is connected to the Internet through the LAN/WAN connections would not connect either. Unplugging the cable modem and Airport Base Station for a time (and then restarting it all), would fix the problem for about ten minutes. But then, the Airport signal would disappear again. We have no new phones or other devices that would interfere. And, if it were a neighbor's device, I doubt, the restarts would give me ten minutes of uninterrupted signal anyway. So, I will try the process you posted. Anyone else got ideas, let me know. Again, maybe this base station is broke down. I will post a follow-up when I try a couple new things. Thanks.

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