Macbook hangs during login - airport extreme issue?

My new macbook hangs during startup. I have an airport extreme 802.11n version base station. My macbook is configured to talk to this base station.
If I power down the airport extreme, login works just fine. If I power on the airport, login hangs.
Any suggestions on how to fix this?

Hi
It is connected through wireless. I have installed the 802.11n drivers on it as well, doesn't help.

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