Password Protect Airport Snow (M8440)

Hello. I have two airports at two different physical locations. Airport #1 (Big City) works fine and is connected to a MacBook Pro running OS X 10.7.3 and is Password Protected. However, Aiport #2 (Country) is an old Airport Snow which is currently NOT password protected. I thought it would be an easy thing to accomplish, but Airport Utility 6.0 doesn't even give me an option. In other words, it recognizes the Airport to funtion, but doesn't give me an opportunity to assign a password. Any suggestions?

I'm not sure why you still need the Snow as a bridge if you are also using Time Capsule, but here goes:
Use a computer that either is connected wirelessly to the wireless network generated by the Snow or is connected via Ethernet to the Snow's LAN port. Launch AirPort Admin Utility (also called AirPort Admin Utility for Graphite and Snow). In the list of base stations that appears, select the Snow and click "Configure". Type in the base station password. (The base station password is not the same thing as the network password, which you aren't using.) If you have forgotten the base station password, reset the base station. (See Resetting the AirPort Base Station (Dual Ethernet).) In the AirPort pane of AirPort Admin Utility, in the bottom half of the pane under "AirPort Network" type in a new name for the network. Click "Change Wireless Security" and add a password. Click "OK" and "Update".
You won't be able to set up WPA security on the Snow; it only can use WEP (which is far from secure).

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