Airport base station utility is not compatible whit

"I bought an Airport Express 2005 model, when I try to connect to my Macbook pro, I get the message: this version of Airport utility is not compatible whit this base station.

Any suggestion on what to do? Thank you.

Apple no longer supports the old base station 802.11 g with new versions of OS X.

Basically, you have only three choices:

  1. Use a Mac OS X Snow Leopard or earlier.
  2. Use a PC with Windows XP or 7. Although you will also find those running win 8 or 10 to work as well.
  3. Replace your Express with a newer 802.11n model.

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