Mac Mini won't recognize Airport Extreme

I just purchased an airport extreme and am trying to hook up my mac mini via an ethernet cable to the airport extreme (plan to add a new macbook w/ wireless). Would like to share a dial-up connection between the mini and the yet to be purchased macbook (I know dial up is lame but I can't yet get DSL in my area). I plugged an ethernet cable from my mac mini into the <--> on the airport extreme and run the AIRPORT SETUP ASSISTANT. The assistant recognizes that I do not have a aiport card installed in my mini and says "you will only be able to configure the aiport base stations using ethernet". I think this is okay since I am hooking up the mini via an ethernet cable. When I continue the ASSISTANT says "No new airport networks were found". Am I able to hook up my mini this way? Any help would be very appreciated. I talked to APPLE technical phone support and they suggested that I take my mini and new extreme into an apple store to be looked at???
Thanks !!

Thanks !! Using your answer I determined that my ethernet port was not enabled. I was able to see the AP and configure it. Unfortunately, although I was able to connect to AOL via the AP built in modem I can not launch any web sites via the safari browser or the built in AOL browser. Was on the phone with AOL for an hour and they basically threw in the towel because I was able to connect to AOL. I went to the Apple store in Tucson AZ. and was very dissappointed with the "genius" bar. The first guy looked really confused when I explained the problem and said I should proabably wait for another "apple genius" (he did hook up my mac mini though - and ran some disk checks which seemed like a waste of time). The other "mac genius" came over and I kid you not said "well - good luck". He did not even attempt to help me. I was absolutely floored. He walked away with another customer. I started to pack my stuff up and walk out of the store when a young kid (another "mac genius" came over and asked if he could help). He explained that there are known issues with the airport express and AOL (even though APPLE advertises AOL compatibility). He suggested that I update the firmware - even though the unit is brand new.
So here I am. Trying to use the APPLE products that everyone seems to rave about. The technical support at the APPLE store was extremely poor. I migrated from WINTEL machines to my first mac (the mini) and this is not what I expected to encounter.
Thanks for your help. At least half of my problem was solved.

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