Xbox 360 won't connect to Airport Extreme

I just bought an AE today and everything in my house connects to it except my 360. I scan for networks and it finds the Airport Extreme fine. I input the WPA password and it seems to accept it. I then test the Xbox Live connection and it fail immediately at connecting to the network. When I go back in the reconfigure it says "Connected" next to the Extreme network. The light on the adaptor is red. I've reconnected my previous Belkin router and just like yesterday it joins the network fine and I'm able to connect to Xbox Live.
Does anybody know what the problem could possibly be here?
Thanks.

Hi Robert,
Just my input but l wouldnt jump the gun and start opening ports just yet. I had the same problem when i got my AEBSn Router and found that i had to update the firmware on the router for the 360 to work wirelessly. Check the firmware first. I distinctly remember it had something to do with the WPA2 encryption. After a router update, voila works like a dream now, which is more than i can say about the PS3, thats another story....
Good luck!
Stu
PS The up to date firmware is version 7.3.2. Hope this helps!

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