Need to reestablish airport admin after wipe and reinstall of os

bummer - had to do a hard wipe/reformat/reinstall of my os and all applications. we didn't lose the network connection to the other computers in the house during the reinstall, but now i don't have admin access to the airport. what can i do to reestablish admin access on my computer?

Hello stephaniern. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
You can download the AirPort Utility for Windows from here: AirPort Utility 5.4.2 for Windows

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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4848
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https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2455
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