There is no airport option in network

I have searched to see if i have the airport card and i do. There is a strange problem though and I dont know how to go about it. When I am in system profiler I click on Network and I see all the active services, Airport, Bluetooth DUN, Bluetooth PAN, Ethernet, Firewire, etc. But when I am in System Prefs>Network on the column on the left there is no airport option and when i try to create one I click on the + and then the Interface and there is no airport option as well. I would really appreciate any help. Thanks.

Airport has been renamed to Wi-Fi in Lion. If you don't have Wi-Fi listed in System Preferences > Networks, you can add the service by clicking on the "+" icon below the list.
Regards,
Captfred

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