Problems reading AEBS 5th gen. configuration

Since purchasing an new model Airport Extreme I've been having difficulty consistently reading it's configuration using the Airport Utility from a 4th generation model wirelessly.  Has anyone encountered similar issues?  Without making any changes to any one of the devices in my wifi network, I'll be able to see the 5th generation model after the Airport utility is opened and scans for devices. I can then connect to any one of the other devices on my network, except the 5th gen. one, (which is the device connected to my internet connection). It will try connecting for a few minutes and finally stop with a notice telling me to check my connection and re-scan. Now this shouldn't be necessary since I've confirmed that all of the devices on the network still have internet access, including theone I'm running the airport utility on. This means there is a connection between the two devices, but the airport utility cannot read the configuration.  I have a strong suspicion that there is a firmware/software problem with the new 5th gen. airport extreme, communicating to earlier models via the airport utility.
So I was wondering if anyone else has seen anything similar?

I am having a similar issue it looks like with my 5th generation AEBS; this is my first AEBS, though, as I switched after my other wireless router died. 
Everything is kosher when I first power up or reboot the 5th gen. AEBS. 
I have an iMac (wireless) and a wired PC laptop (non-apple) which I use for work connected to the AEBS, plus a few other Apple devices.  I use VNC to remote connect to iMac (running Snow Leopard) and this works well right after I reboot the AEBS.  I've also got a USB disk attached to the AEBS for use with Time Machine, which again works well right after rebooting the AEBS.
However, after a few hours the AEBS appears to disapear; Time Machine stops working because it can't find the disk anymore, the Airport Utility on my iMac can't even detect the AEBS when scanning but the Airport Utility on my Windows laptop can connect to it, VNC stops working from my PC and iPhone/iPad because it can't find the iMac anymore, I have been able to access my USB disks by using the IP address and "connecting to server" in Finder but Finder doesn't report it automatically anymore and Time Machine still can't see it when I do this.  However, each of these systems can connect to the internet still as well as my PC can still talk to the network printer I have. 
The only solution is to reboot the AEBS at which point everything starts working again.

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