Issue setting up new Airport Express on OS 10.8 and Airport Utility 6

My network is a lastest model Airport Extreme and computers running 10.8 Mountain Lion. I needed to extend my wireless network so I purchased the newer model Airport Express.
Using Airport Utility 6, I followed the screen prompts to extend the network and get 99% complete (screen prompts find the network to extend, join the network, and then begin to apply configurations to the Airport Express). It is during this last stage the configuration of the Airport Express fails, the light starts blinking amber and I get an "unreckognized error" in Airport Utility. No further information. I tried soft reset and factory resets on the Airport Express several times with the same result.
I have another computer still running 10.7 Lion and Airport Utility 5.6 and after another reset, figured I'd give it a try. I was able to connect to the Airport Express, configure it to extend the network, save the configuration and the status light turned green on the first try. 
Not sure what's going on with OS X 10.8 and Airport Utility 6 but maybe this will help someone else get their network up and running.

The first AirPort Express was introduced only nine years ago, not thirteen, but nevertheless, that's pretty old. Mountain Lion has features that will not work with an Express that old.
Nevertheless, it remains a perfectly functional device and still does everything it ever did. Use the technique described in this thread: I can't install airport utility 5.6

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