Airport Express and iTunes 10

Since updating to iTunes 10 yesterday my Air Express will not stream music to remote speakers, have tried everything from various forums. All software/firmware is up to date and opertional - all I get is the ubiquitous "unknown error - 15000"
Anybody else having this problem, and yes I have restarted, rebooted etc. I can access Air Express over wifi, everything checks out. thanks

Ladies and Gents- I have the definitive solution to the AptExp/iTunes 10 problem.
It's 100% a firewall issue affecting both widows and mac. To get around this you need to:
1. Uninstall iTunes 10 first
2. Reboot
3. Download and re-install iTunes 10 (accepting all security permissions)
Will work a treat.
n.b. in the slightest case that it STILL doesn't work- disable IPv6 and start from step 1 above. (Windows: Network Sharing Centre- Change Adapter Settings- Right click on the wireless network adapter-uncheck IPv6)

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Ok, I am having a very odd issue with my wireless music network all of a sudden, and it's driving me nuts. I have searched the forum and I don't get the sense that anyone else is having this issue.
My house consists of multiple machines, but I have my music on two computers - my G5 desktop and a Mac Mini. I am in the process of encoding all of my CDs to Apple Lossless for storage on the G5, and access of this library provided to all machines on the network (6 total including the G5).
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Hi guys & girls,
Yesterday I bought an Airport Express 802.11n (1st generation); solely for the purpose of listening to my music without connecting any cables to my speakers.
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In December, I picked up a iSight iMac (G5).
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I installed a 4 port Linksys router (hanging off the Airport Extreme base station) to hardwire the iMac via ethernet to eliminate signal loss to/from the AX base station for singal transmission.
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iStumbler uncovered that the Airport Extreme base station was configured using a Closed Network. The Airport Express was configured using the same network but not "Closed Network".
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In December, I picked up a iSight iMac (G5).
I have the iMac "talking" to my Airport Extreme base
station a few feet away. In the same room I have a
wireless phone (pre 2.4GHZ phone wireless
technology). About 40 feet away I have an Airport
Express connected to my stereo.
When using iTunes to broadcast to the stereo
wirelessly, I will have cut-outs due to signal loss.
I have read the boards about using Interference
Robustness, etc. I also have slow Safari page
call-ups periodically when using the wireless
connection.
I installed a 4 port Linksys router (hanging off the
Airport Extreme base station) to hardwire the iMac
via ethernet to eliminate signal loss to/from the AX
base station for singal transmission.
However, with wireless turned off on the iMac, iTunes
will not allow me to choose the remote speakers.
The iMac also seems to get confused when wireless is
turned on AND ethernet is plugged in. If both are
modes are enable d, which is used for i-net
connectivity.
What's the best way to go here????
Thanks,
Rob

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Well, repying to my own post... Might have found the solution: I tried to do the same with a Macbook Pro 2010 using the very same setup. And it worked perfectly! No freeze, no nothing.
One explanation I see:
my iMac is dating back to May 2007, a Core 2 Duo 2,16Ghz with 2 Go of RAM.
So the computer's characteristics (or the Wifi component or the combination of all of this) might be not robust enough to allow streaming to those 2 devices...
Anyone's got anything to add?

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I have an Airport Express connected via optical toslink to a dac/amp in turn connected to speakers. When using iTunes I get message "no speakers connected to Airport Express" and audio sound has drop outs.

Ok, if you are connecting the AirPort Express Base Station (AX) to the existing wireless network, then the DSL in the next room is most likely a combination DSL modem and wireless router. Thanks for clarifying that for me.
Although they may only be separated by a single wall, the building material used in that wall may be enough to prevent the AX from receving a "good" signal from the DSL router.
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I have a question on the airport express and apologize if this is already answered elsewhere, I searched the forum and did not find an answer.
I am using my time capsule as the basis of my wifi network at the house supplying service to my iMac, Macbook, and other wireless devices with no problems. I have three airport express devices. The first is used to supply a USB drop to the printer. A second to provide an ehternet drop for the DirectTV. I recently purchased one of the new model airport express devices to run an airtunes cable to my stereo.
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What you have would appear to be working but I can comment how I would redefine your setup. Note that both Airport Express and Time Capsule can function as wireless base stations so you do have wireless everywhere and at all times — using the Time Capsules for backups doesn’t mean your parents won’t have internet access regardless of the where the base stations are located.
You appear to have devices to connect to your network that use the 2.4 GHz band with 802.11g such as the iPhone 3G and perhaps the 5 GHz band with 802.11n such as likely the Macbook Pro if it’s a recent model. The iPhone 4 can use 5 GHz and 802.11n. Can’t comment on the Sony and Samsung but you can check their specs.
Now the Time Capsule (if it’s a recent version), can simultaneously supply 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz band signals, but the Airport Express (if it’s recent) can only use one of those bands at one time. Likely the lowest common denominator for your devices is going to be the 2.4 GHz band since the devices that are capable of using 5 GHZ also support 2.4 GHz. If you don’t use 5 GHz, you won’t lose much in a two-storey home because likely it’s the 2.4 GHz band is better signal anyway because 5 GHz signals drop off quickly with several walls/floors to penetrate.
You also didn’t mention if the Airport Express is used to support a printer and/or AirPlay (using iTunes to play on remote speakers via the Airport Express connection) but that might also be a factor in the best location to place the Airport Express. Although the printer could be switched between the Time Capsule and the Airport Express if needed, only the Airport Express will support your remote speakers.
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I assume that to set the airport express up in client mode that the first configuration has to be made with the ethernet cord attached. Then when it resets itself to re-read the new configuration that I am supposed to unhook the ethernet cord. As it should be talking to the wrt54g through the wireless connection rather then the hard ethernet connection.
The setup steps I go through are:
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- continue and wait for when it restarts....
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PS. I have had the wrt54g for a couple of years and have not upgraded firmware so if that is necessary then I can do that.
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