Mountain Lion airport utility can't see my old airport extremes

Hi - grateful for any help - I have two old style airport express that have been working fine. I've now set up a new network with a new router and want to add them to this network. However the airport utility in Mountain Lion can't see either extreme. I've reset one extreme to see if that works but still nothing. The other extreme still shows as a network option through wifi so it is transmitting but nothing through the utility?

I had the same problem, the referenced macworld article worked great.  Downloaded the free unpkg app so I could install utility 5.6.
HERE'S my soapbox...I call apple with the problem and they ask if I have an older computer running the old airport utility software.  No, that's why I purchases a new apple computer, because my old one finally quit after 7 years.  Then basically I'm out of luck and there's nothing they can do for me.
BUT if my airport express is working great, why won't you support a utility program to allow me to configure it?  If I can download and install 5.6 with a quick hack-around, and it runs in mountain lion, why didn't you allow me to do that apple?
Unfortunately the only answer I can come to is that apple is trying to get me to upgrade my airport express, despite the fact I have two airport express' which already work fine and just needing a config tweak.  And that grates my skin.  I pay a premium for apple because it works, because their products typically live longer physically...but to have them try to force me to upgrade my wireless equipment when I just upgraded my computer.  This leaves a bad taste in my mouth!

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