My airport express can't see my wireless network

I am bringing up a new AE in my wireless network. I have set all the internet and wireless configurations. I am trying to add it as a client, initially connected to my router via ethernet. After tweaking several settings I am now down to what seems like a critical problem: Airport Utility tells me that my AE cannot see the wireless network. This is a bit amusing since I unplugged the ethernet and am communicating with it solely via wireless.
My config: static IP addr reserved in my router, WPA2 encryption, ethernet clients allowed, using my router as the default DNS server. Running the latest firmware and Airport utility according to Apple Software Update this afternoon. Router is an SMC Barricade N with latest firmware.
Any and all advice greatly appreciated.
Roger

Thanks for the ideas, but alas those are not the cause.
I am broadcasting SSID and I am running mixed b/g/n mode. FYI Airport Utility finds my network OK, as do the many other pieces of networking equipment in my house (4 computers, a NAS, an SMC wireless client, etc etc etc.) Even my son's Touch, after going through very similar games with Apple, solved by an OS upgrade a couple months later...but I digress.
Spent an hour with the Apple expert on the phone verifying everything was right on the AX and then took it to my local apple store where they were able to connect it to their G router as a client - thus eliminating wrong AX config and broken HW as a cause.
Here is what I know: it has to be able to see my router because when I bring it up my router sees it and issues it an IP address. I might reserve the IP and then set it to always use that. That is one of the things we did to get the Touch working initially.
Again, thanks and any new ideas appreciated.
Roger

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