Old airport express advice...

I would like to know why Apple have forced me to throw away a perfectly working Airport express (2005). They have chosen to not provide support. That is all there is wrong with it. The Utility says I have to use an older version of the utility. But the older utility says I have to use an older OS???
This is insane. Why should it matter that it's seven years old. It works perfectly and it was happily providing audio to my kitchen stereo. For a while it still worked but i couldn't edit its settings or add it to a new network. But now it's a perfectly working brick.
Dopes anyone know if Apple can offer a replacement, free? Will they dispose of it for me? Why should they force me to buy a new one for no reason other then a board decision. Extremely disapopinted.
Regards, Brook

There is more help here than you might expect.
You can download and install AirPort Utility 5.6 for Mac OS X Lion on the Lion Mac and it will work just fine to administer your older AirPort Express.
When you update that Mac to Mountain Lion, AirPort Utility 5.6 will still be on that Mac after the update, so you can continue to use it with the older Express.
In the unlikely event that you have problems when you update the Lion Mac to Mountain Lion, we have workarounds.

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