Wireless encryption when Admin Utility can't see base station

I am running an iMac G5 circa 2006 and an iBook from 2001. I have an old-school Airport Extreme base station (the one that looks like a little spaceship). The base station is connected to a cable modem. The signal is great, I can get on the Internet no problem, but neither computer recognizes the base station in Airport Admin Utility. No base stations come up, so I can't configure the base station to encrypt my signal.
I tried implementing a WEP through the Sharing tab, but that didn't work. My signal is still unsecured.
Any suggestions?

There are several 'old-school' AirPort Extreme Base Stations (AEBS) models. Graphite, Dual Ethernet (Snow), and the current AEBS.
Sorry but that is not quite true.
The graphite AirPort base station (ABS) and Dual Ethernet (aka snow) ABS are NOT AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS). They operate at 802.11b.
But... before this week there were 3 different versions of the AEBS. You can see the differences between those in the table at www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/1301.html

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