Airport-enabled MacBookPro can't launch Airport Snow Utility

I connect to my LAN wirelessly on an Airport Extreme Base Station, linking my MacBook, an iMac and a few AirTunes stations. I am fully functioning wirelessly with the laptop and have never had a problem. I am trying to employ an older Airport Snow BS to extend the range of my network but when I launch the Airport Snow Utility, an error message pops up that says: "this computer does not have a wireless card. The Appropriate AirPort hardware was not found on this computer......"
Do I need to downgrade my utility version? Do I need to update it? Is a 2004 MacBook incompatible with a 2001 Airport Base Station?

RobLafranco, Welcome to the discussion area!
I am trying to employ an older Airport Snow BS to extend the range of my network...
It is not possible to use the snow AirPort base station (ABS) to wirelessly extend the network. It is not compatible with WDS.

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dear all, a couple of days ago I got a 2nd hand AirPort base “Snow”, with the idea of setting up a wifi network at home but still having the PowerMac G4 connected via ethernet, as it doesn’t have an AirPort card and I don’t really want to install one. The chap I got the base from told me it was ok, as the base has 2 ethernet plugs, one for the cable coming from the ADSL modem and the other for the cable to the G4, but that I should have set the base as “Bridge”.
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