Original Express can't see Extreme Wifi network

I have a new 802.11n Airport Extreme (bought last year) and a very old original 802.11g Airport Express. The Extreme is providing the Wireless network in the house, and it works great. I want to hook the Express up to my stereo so I can use Airplay with it. I tried to set it up to connect to the existing Wifi network, but when I'm configuring it in Airport Utility, it won't see the network, so it can't connect. My iPhone, right next to the Express, can see and conncet to the network just fine.
I have the 2.4 GHz and the 5 GHz network using the same SSID. Do I have to separate those? That would be annoying, but I could possibly live with it.

I have the 2.4 GHz and the 5 GHz network using the same SSID. Do I have to separate those?
No, that shouldn't be necessary. What Radio Mode do you have your Extreme configured for. By default, it would be set to "Automatic." If it is, or it has been reconfigured to use only the 802.11n mode on the 2.4 Ghz radio band then this may be the reason why the 802.11g Express is having difficulty connecting to it as a wireless client.

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SoCal Web Developer wrote:
click on the AirPort icon (of your Mac) on the upper menu. See if the Extreme >> network shows up there. If so, log into that network...
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So following your instructions I, disconnected everything, powered it up, and from the Airport icon I could see other wireless networks and join them.
Next I created a new network with the Extreme, and join that one.
I see nothing in his instructions about 'creating a new network'. Instead, I see the words: See if the *Extreme network* shows up there. If so, log into *that network*...
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If that does not work, get an ethernet cable and connect the
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Connect Mac to Ethernet LAN port on the AEBS. Make sure your Mac has IPv6 turned on (under System Preferences|Network|Advanced|TCPIP|Configure IPv6=Automatically). Open the Airport Utility.
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mdns -L thatname airport.tcp local.
and copy the result and post it here.
If you don't get a response from the first command, enter:
ifconfig
and copy the result and post it here.

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