Airport Utility won't work with Aiport Express A1084

I have an older Airport Express, model A1084. I'm running OS 10.9.2 and Airport Utilty 6.3.2  The Airport Utilty I have will not allow me to control the Airport Express I have so I cannot change wifi channels to improve interference problems from other wifi sources from neighbors. Older versions that should work cannot be installed because they aren't compatible with my current version OS 10.9.2. What can I do to fix this? Is Apple going to make available a new version of Airport Utilty that fixes this lock out problem?

Is Apple going to make available a new version of Airport Utilty that fixes this lock out problem?
We are all users here.....just like you....so no one here will be able to tell you what Apple may or may not do.
If you want an opinion.....AirPort Utility 6.x versions were introduced two years ago, and Apple has yet to change the utility to support older AirPorts....so my opinion would be that Apple will not ever change this.
The easiest solution is to use....or borrow for 10 minutes....another Mac that is running the Leopard or Snow Leopard operating system...or...a PC with AirPort Utility installed to administer the older AirPort.

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