Airport Extreme, Airport Tool compatibility

I have an old airport extreme I want to use temporarily to have WI FI in my house, but my version of the airport tool doesn't support the airport extreme? How can I go wireless?

I have an old airport extreme
There are a number of versions of the "old" AirPort Extreme. Can you please provide the model number of this device? It is on the bottom of the AirPort.....starts with an "A" followed by four numbers.
but my version of the airport tool
What version do you have? If you are not sure, open AirPort Utility and click on the AirPort Utility menu, then click About AirPort Utility and post back with the version number that you see there.

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