Joining, NOT extending, a non-apple network

I just bought an Airport Express (N) for the purpose of using it to do Airplay. Just Airplay, no extending networks.
I have a not-Apple network (ASUS router running Tomato), so I do not expect "extend" to work easily.
When I ask airport utility (6.3.1) for Other options, it offers "Add to an existing network", which I choose, and
it reports that it will "Set up this AirPort Express to join or extend an existing Wi-Fi network".
However, when I then click "Next", it declares that "This AirPort Express will be set up to extend "mynetwork" ".
WRONG.
This AirPort Express will be set up to require a factory reset, because it cannot extend my non-standard network, and does not offer me the option to only join the network. It will get wedged. That is not at all what I want, but that us what WILL happen (I have tried this several times, I have tried dorking around with my Tomato wireless network to do WDS, to not do WDS, etc.
I tried to download 5.6 to see if that would work, but no, not on Mountain Lion.
I have tried holding down the option key while probing various menus and panes, but not luck there, either.
Are there any incantations, either on the Apple side or the Tomato side, that might work?
I still have 14 days to return this white brick.

I tried to download 5.6 to see if that would work, but no, not on Mountain Lion
You have to use a workaround to do this, but there are no guarantees, since Apple does not support this.
http://frank.is/mountain-lion-and-the-old-airport-utility/

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Would you mind posting the details of your configuration so that others might benefit from your success?
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