My Airport Extreme "disappeared" Need help

I have a MacBook Pro which has a built in Airport Extreme. I never used it because I have an existing external one that I've been using and is hooked up to a phone line.
Today, I went to my Airport Utility and now the computer does not see its own built in Airport Express! Can someone tell me what happened? I'm afraid someone nearby saw it, is tapping off of it and encrypted it. Yes? No?
Anyway, how do I get it back?

If you are talking about your built in airport card, all you must do is Turn Airport ON. Go into the Network Preferences pane. There is a button to turn the Airport ON..(and a checkbox to put it in your menu bar so you can access it without going into preferences again..)

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Just purchased an AirPort Extreme today, very excited about it as my old router was getting worse and worse.
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