Timed access question

Having trouble limiting access to my home network.
I am able to adjust the settings on my Airport Extreme Base Station (802.11n) just fine.
I have 2 other Airport Express devices (802.11g) that extend my network and suspect that I may not be able to limit access with these older devices.
Is that correct?
Thanks

Thanks Russa. It started working shortly after I posted that. It may have been the Update button or I wasn't testing it properly - or something else.
I also realized it is funky if I want to give access until 1:00 AM: I have to allow to 11:59PM on day one then start day two at 12:00AM until 1AM - and then add another day two start and end time.

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    Message was edited by: VADare

    VADare wrote:
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