Airport Express (Older Ver) not seen by Airport Utility

Have 2 older airport expresses that were hooked to tv for Netflix and for music. Airport utility no longer sees auxiliary units. Older version of airport utility used to work. Now it is not accepted. Do I have to buy new airport express? Help.

Please check on the side of the AirPort Express to locate the model number. It starts with an "A" followed by four numbers.
If you see A1084 or A1088, these are older versions of the Express that are not supported by the newer version of AirPort Utility in Mavericks.
You will need to use a Mac that is running the Leopard or Snow Leopard operating systems, or a PC, if you want to be able administer these older models of the Express.
If you see A1264 on the Express, that model is compatible with Mavericks, and we'll need to do more troubleshooting.

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if you are using wireless to connect to the
Express, you need to make sure that you have the
proper network name selected. It will not be the
name of your existing network because you haven't
set it up for that yet.
Where? The computer just does not see the Express wirelessly.
The easiest way to set up the Airport Express units
is to use an ethernet cable to plug a computer into
them directly.
And then what do I do to get it set up to be seen when it is wireless?
If you are, for example, trying to set the Airport
Express up in a WDS and you were to get the password
for encryption wrong, forget to set it to the same
channel, forget to give it the same name, or any
other little minor mistakes, it might no longer be
available as a wireless connection unless you reset
it.
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I run 10.6.8 on a Quad core Mac Pro. up to date on al software updates per 10.6.8 I use a 3rd gen. Airport Extreme 802.11n.
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