Using latest Airport Extreme with older iMac and 10.4.11

Airport Extreme Utility does not recognize the base station, unable to complete set up, please advise.
Not looking for the older iMac to have a wireless connection--have Ethernet cable running from Airport Extreme to iMac.
(Another Ethernet cable runs from Cable Modem to Airport Extreme.)
Looking to have a wireless network for WiFi enabled devices.

Not the first time I've seen this type of scary issue with Tiger.  The OS is so old, looks like we are going to have issues setting up the extreme.  We could find a work around... by using either an iOS device, or even a PC.  What else do you have there that's handy?

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