Add AE for air tunes to wireless network running with AE.

Question

I am sorry if this is a duplicate.. I did search but it is hard to distill out the different set up issues.
Previously I had my imac hooked up via ethernet and used an AE to stream my tunes into the living room.
I got a lap top at work and needed to be able to use it wirelessly at the same time my daughter gave me an AE. so I hooked up the recent AE to my cable modem using an ethernet cable and created a network that both my iMac and my mac laptop use for internet access.
I forgot about the itunes as I had not been using it alot when the good weather came and I was outdoors so much, using the laptop So today, I try and turn on my itunes to stream into the living room and realize that AE had it's own network set up for streaming and that I needed to get the original AE to talk to the more recent AE, which is in the position of being my wirless hub. So I tried opening A set up utility to see if I can add the AE into the network. Not sure if this is the correct step but thought it was worth a try. But the utility software does not recognze there is this other AE out there.
What do I do to bring the original AE into the network?
Michelle

Answer 1

Try the following:
Perform a "factory default" reset of the AX that will be used for iTunes.
o (ref: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=108044)
To set up AirTunes on the AirPort Express Base Station (AX), either connect to the AX's wireless network or temporarily connect your computer directly (using an Ethernet cable) to the Ethernet port of the AX, and then, use the AirPort Admin Utility to check these settings:
AirPort tab
o Base Station Name: <whatever you wish or use the default>
o Wireless Mode: Join an Existing Wireless Network (Wireless Client)
o Wireless Network: <select the existing AX's wireless network>
Music tab
o Enable AirTunes on this base station (checked)
o Enable AirTunes over the Ethernet port (optional)
o iTunes Speaker Name: <whatever you wish>
o iTunes Speaker Password (optional)
In iTunes:
iTunes > Preferences... > Advanced > General
o Look for remote speakers connected with AirTunes (checked)