Airport Express dropping connections while streaming music

Airport Express once conected to my existing wifi network is not streaming music correctly, instead is dropping without a continuous play.
Green light is always on.
Please help

And your reminder of the channels got it fixed. Being out in the country my internet is provided wirelessly (WISP) and I remembered after your comment that the tech who installed our receiver dish said that the internet is being broadcast on the 2.5 ghz band on channel 7 and if any issues arise change the channel to a lower number. Never had an issue till now and updated the channel to 1 and back in business. A big thanks.

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Airport express dropping internet while streaming from computer

In the last week or so, everytime I try to stream video from my PC to my apple TV (2nd gen), my airport express (only router in my house) drops the internet connection. I thought at first it was my ISP, it then noticed it happened only when I was streaming movies from my PC ( have tried it with two different computers and same result). As soon as I stop streaming my internet kicks back in. I've restarted and reset both my Apple TV and airport express back to factory settings and still get the same result. In addition, the same problem occurs when i try to stream videos from my PC to my iPads or iPhone via the shared library. Curious if anyone has encountered this problem before and if it is a firmware problem and not a hardware problem.
SIdenote: Airplay in general has been unstable as well so I'm assuming the two problems are linked.

And your reminder of the channels got it fixed. Being out in the country my internet is provided wirelessly (WISP) and I remembered after your comment that the tech who installed our receiver dish said that the internet is being broadcast on the 2.5 ghz band on channel 7 and if any issues arise change the channel to a lower number. Never had an issue till now and updated the channel to 1 and back in business. A big thanks.

Airport Express drops connections

I recently bought an airport express to use for streaming music. I set it up to join my existing wireless network using DHCP to get an IP address. It works fine for a few minutes to a few hours. Then it drops the connection to the existing wireless network. Streaming doesn't work and I can't ping it. The status light remains green and I am unable to connect to it using airport utility. If I unplug it and plug it back in, it reboots and then works ok for a while. If I connect to the Airport Express using the ethernet port it reboots and then works fine for a while. The behavior has been consistent for 3 days.
My existing wireless network consists of two access points. One is part of the router that Verizon provided with my fios connection and is an Actiontec and is running in mixed b and g modes uing WPA. The other access point is a Linksys WAP54G with a wired ethernet connection to the router. Both access points use the same SSID. (I have two access points to provide adequate signal strenght throughout the entire house.)
Any suggestions?
Tom

Hi, I recently swapped an old N 450 Router to Apple Extreme (5Gen). Initially the signal was very strong and even in first floor Smart TV Netflix loading was almost instantaneous. I have a 50mbps Xfinity Blast. All nice and felt that it was such a good move and justified the cost of the router too. After 2 days, started noticing connection drop outs, IP address conflicts, unable to connect, wifi was connected but no internet. Power recycled it and things seemed okay. again after 2 days, the internet was very slow, dog slow infact to load up regular websites and pages. This time through it was something with the Xfinity modem (Motorola SB6121) which never in 2 years had given me any issues, but recycled it, seems to be marginally better, but the speed ( not the wifi signal) remained very slow. I am a IT person, not specifically Networking, but quite good with systems, configurations etc. Finally eating up my pride called the Apple Support. The guy who responded seemed knowledgeable. He asked me to walk through the set up process, which I said, I have already done it.He asked me how did I set the router up. I had used an iPad with the Apple Utility and since there about 15 devices connected through out the house, I had used the same SSIDs one for 5Ghz and another for 2.4 Ghz. Apparently using the same SSID leads to deterioration in both connectivity and signal strength. I have never heard of this as I have swapped out routers in past 12 years using same SSIDs without any issues. The Support guy told me that this is only with Apple Routers and not with other brands. I have never heard any such thing and trying to google did not get me much information on this. I reached this forum as result. I need answers desperately so that I can decide to return or keep the router. Thanks

Can the airport express be used to stream music and act as network "extender" at the same time?

I have a time capsule as my base station but need to improve network coverage in the other end of the house. Have a new airport express that I use for music streaming. Can this airport express be used for both music streaming and "network extension" at the same time, or do I need to buy another product?

Yes, it can. You can either:
Extend a wireless network. The Express needs to be positioned half way between the TC and the area without network coverage, and can be flakey. This is wireless only.
Use Ethernet/Powerline. This is the preferred option (called a roaming network in Apple terminology). This allows for the Express to be placed wherever you want, as long as it reaches the other end of the house.

Using airport express to extend network/stream music

Hi,
I just bought an airport express to extend my network throughout my house and stream music to my stereo system in my living room. My time capsule, which is connected to the DSL modem and is the base station, is in one far end of the house, while the airport express is at the other end. It has greatly improved the range of my network and when using my macbook in the front room, it gets full bars, however, the when using airtunes to stream music with iTunes 9 and OS 10.6, the music will cut in and out randomly and I occasionally get unknown error -15000 when trying to connect.
I played around with the airport express channels (any channel other than 10 will receive an unknown error -15000 automatically,) adjusted the firewall, and adjusted Netbarrier X, my third party security software. I found information in this article:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA21538?viewlocale=en_US
The only thing that works is moving the airport express close to my computer to remove the physical barriers. It plays perfectly then. Is it possible to buy a second airport express and plug it in halfway between my stereo and time capsule to boost the signal to the airport express plugged into my stereo? Will this solve the problem of the music stream cutting in and out every 10-20 seconds?

Mad Cow wrote:
I checked and my signal is -87 and noise is -95.
At the risk of being the bearer of bad news, that's a rather poor signal value. Here is a description of what different ranges of signal-to-noise mean:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10329543&start=1
In the other post, you mentioned interference from other electronics. Could physical barriers be causing interference also?
Barriers won't cause interference, but they can reduce signal transmission. How far apart are the two units, how many walls are in between, and of what material are those walls made?
If this is the case, can I add a second airport express between my base station and stereo-attached airport express to boost the signal?
In theory something like that might work, but I'm not sure that an AirPort Express can act as a "relay" station between a "main" station and a "remote" station. It might require an AirPort Extreme. Perhaps someone else can comment on that possibility.
Can you relocate your Time Capsule to an different phone outlet? Can you use longer cables between the wall and the modem and/or between the modem and the Time Capsule to move the Time Capsule to the other side of the room to be nearer to your AirPort Express? Can you use a longer audio cable between your AirPort Express and your sound system?
You may be able to use a pair of Power-Line units
(http://computer.howstuffworks.com/power-network.htm) to connect your AirPort Express to your Time Capsule via Ethernet.

Airport express aitune 8. Streamming music lag or cuts off

It was working fine about 2 years ago, then 2h before my last party, I tried ot get my powerbook G4(updated) to connect to my AX (updated) this is plug into the stereo (same wires fot the last 2-3years(work fine)). when I connect to the AX with Itune 8. or ITune 7 the music lags or cutts off for 5-10 secondes, then plays for 2-3 secondes and cuts or lags again.
So I had an other AX (updated) that i was not using tried it with that and same issue. i even turned my Firewall off, and same issue.
I have update the powerbook G4 and my AX.
Cant found any info on the web.
can you please help me ?
Message was edited by: Orionpowerbook

It sounds (sorry, no pun intended) like the bandwidth required to stream is insufficient when the AirPort Express Base Station (AX) was configured to join an existing wireless network. Where is the AX located in relation to the other wireless router? Same room, different room/different floor?

Airport Express Appears Connected, But No Music

I have the oldest version of Airport Express, and a 2009 vintage Macbook Pro with Yosemite recently installed, iTunes 12.0.0.140. Yosemite does not support the Airport Utility needed for the AE I have, but I was able to configure using Airport Utility 5.6.1 launcher from Corey Mahler. So, the light is green on the AE, and iTunes shows clean connection to the AE, but there is no sound. I have checked the connection from the AE to the receiver, and from receiver to speakers.
Prior to upgrading to Yosemite I was on Snow Leopard, the AE worked OK, except it tended to drop out and then only work intermittently the longer it was in use in any given session. But at least then I knew I had a connection. Now with Yosemite and latest iTunes I'm wondering whether something else is preventing the music from playing. Would think that iTunes would flag this if that were the case.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.

You are correct on all counts.
I have a fairly new Linksys 6200 main router which does provide dual band Wi-Fi.
Since last writing, I did follow your recommendation to purchase and download Wi-Fi Explorer. It gave me an excellent graphical view of the strengths of the various Wi-Fi networks, and I did confirm that my network was putting out the dual bands, that my extender was also putting out, etc. I could also walk around the house and see how the signals rose and fell, depending on location.
Signal seems to be strong enough in all areas that the airport express should work, however it only seems to work, and then just intermittently, when I have it close to the main router, where the signal strength according to Wi-Fi Explorer reads 84%. If I move my laptop to the AE's original location, the signal is about 68%, and is coming via the extender. Most of the neighbors' signals were below 50%, but there are a lot of them. Too bad the AE does not supper 5GHz bands because they seem wide open except for my router.
Not sure how the signal strength % relates to signal to noise ratio.
What I could also see is that the 2.4GHz band where most of the neighborhood networks were broadcasting. I tried to assign my main router to specific bands (only choice is within the 2.4GHz for the AE), instead of automatic, and sometimes it helped when the AE was close to the router, but it would still cut out.
So, when the AE is close to the router, I get some intermittent sound, but further away, nothing at all. So it appears that there is something either wrong with the AE or its just not getting the quality of signal it needs from the newer routers.
Our iPads, iphones, Apple TV seem to work fine - though the Apple TV occasionally pauses to re-load.
The variables over the last few months have been:
1. The newer Linksys main router, which replaced another older Linksys (both cases used default settings except for network access password).
2. A Linksys extender added recently so that my son could use his "smart" TV.
3. My upgrading from Snow Leopard to Yosemite two weeks ago (on 10.10.1 now).
Prior to these, the AE would sometimes go for hours without a problem, but then stop playing for seconds or minutes (green light on regardless). It was when I installed Yosemite that I lost even intermittent sound coming from the AE, in its original location.
I am tempted to try a newer AE to see whether access to the 5GHz band would solve the problem.
Thanks again.

Airport Express drops connection

I just bought a new Airport Express 802.11n base station. After setting up the station to automatically join my existing wireless network (Airport Extreme 7.3.1), I am able to stream music via airtunes. Shortly after (roughly one minute) iTunes can no longer locate the speakers and the Airport Express base station does not show up in Airport Utility, even after doing several rescans. The only way I've been able to have Airport Utility pick up the Air Express station again is to do a soft reset. I can't figure out why the AirPort Express station stops working. The light on it never changes from green, even when it suddenly stops showing up. Any help?

Man, I think I'm kind of glad that I'm not the only one with this type of problem!!
Right now, I occasionally get disconnected from the 'net, but my network is still online (I can choose it from the drop-down menu). In Airport Admin (4.2), I can't find my AExp ! If I choose my network, without the use of my Express, I don't get full capacity of it, whereas, when my Express is being a doll, I do. Before, the only way I could work it was to hard reset my modem as well as my Express, but even then it was sketchy. Sometimes it'd work and sometimes it wouldn't.
So far, from reading various posts by users, I've tried renewing my DHCP lease at a shorter frequency (60min, rather than default 4 hrs). I've tried this "interference robustness" thing, which, everytime I restart, the changes aren't saved. Ugh! But I think this time it's stickin. I've also changed every setting dealing with range of the Express vs interference and such.
It happens most often in the afternoon / evening when I'm at home, so I'm starting to think that it may be these 2.4 GHz phones or whatever. I'm living in an apartment building, it's really a pain to figure out who's got the phones and who doesnt.
Is there any other ways to configure my 'net so that this doesn't occur again?
I've found a few other people who have this same issue as mine. If we can spread the word, it'd be great. Honestly, this is getting really annoying for me.
Thanks for the help in advance.

Airport Express not working to stream music anymore...

I recently discovered that my airport extreme is not working anymore to stream music to my home stereo anymore.
I am connected wirelessly to it via my airport extreme base station and trying to stream from both iTunes on my white MacBook (10.7.5) and my iPhone4. The Express is connected via mini-fiber-optic into toslink optical to my stereo.
Can someone please help me sort this out?
Eliot
NYC

You need AirPort Utility 5.6 to configure an older Express. The problem with that version is that Mountain Lion will refuse to let you install it.
This dilemma is easily solved. You simply need to extract the app from the installer package using a package extractor like Pacifist or unpkg. Pacifist is shareware, unpkg is free.
Download Pacifist here: http://www.charlessoft.com/
Download unpkg here: http://www.timdoug.com/unpkg/
Download AirPort Utility 5.6 here: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1482
When the AirPort Utility .dmg file finishes downloading, open it to expand and reveal the AirPortUtility56.pkg package installer file.
Directions for Pacifist (I do not have screenshots for unpkg but the idea is similar):
Open Pacifist and from its File menu, navigate to the package and open it.
Click the "reveal triangles" until you see AirPort Utility 5.6.app:
Select it and then click Install from Pacifist's toolbar. It will then be installed in your Utilities folder, and you can quit Pacifist.
The most recent version of AirPort Utility included with Mountain Lion should be used to configure 802.11n - capable AirPort Base Stations. Make no attempt to delete it. It and the older version (which will bear the unique name "AirPort Utility 5.6") can peacefully coexist. Use the older version only as necessary for older AirPort Base Stations that cannot be administered any other way.
If you happen to have an archived copy of the AU 5.6 app somewhere, such as a Time Machine backup or equivalent, you can simply restore it or drag the app to your Mountain Lion system's Utilities folder instead of resorting to the above procedure. It will run without complaint. It is only the package installer that is the problem.
Keep in mind that Apple's decision to abandon support for your original AirPort Express was for reasons known only to them. Remember that you are using obsolete equipment, should some future OS X feature not work for you.

AirPort Express Dropping Connection to AirTunes via Ethernet Connection

I connect to my AirPort Express via ethernet using iTunes and AirTunes. I am using Windows Vista. The device works great for roughly 15 or so minutes, and then seems to loose its connection with iTunes. iTunes continues to play the music, but there is no sound coming out of the audio device connected to the AEx. If I toggle the Computer Speaker/AirPort Express output selection in iTunes it reconnects successfully with my AEx and will work as expected for a period of time, and then will eventually drop the connection (or at least the audio stops) again. I've used my AEx successfully for a couple years now - something over the last few months changed as this behavior is new. I am using the latest firmware and the latest version of iTunes.
Anybody have any ideas? Are there known software/firmware compatibility issues?

See http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1949393&start=0&tstart=0
This might be the same problem you are having. There is no fix as of yet.

Airport Express Drops Connection Every 3 Minutes

This has to be an easy fix. Airport Express holds a connection fine when I'm sending music from it, but flashes amber for half a second every three minutes or so. Here is the log file... Is this normal?
Feb 9 13:19:53 5 Internet Configuration leased -- host <192.168.11.2/255.255.255.0> gateway <192.168.11.1> dns <192.168.11.1> wins lease <86400> domain
Feb 9 13:23:28 5 Disconnected from network.
Feb 9 13:23:31 5 Joined BSS 00:1d:73:8e:a9:48
Feb 9 13:23:33 5 Internet Configuration leased -- host <192.168.11.2/255.255.255.0> gateway <192.168.11.1> dns <192.168.11.1> wins lease <86400> domain
Feb 9 13:27:08 5 Disconnected from network.
Feb 9 13:27:11 5 Joined BSS 00:1d:73:8e:a9:48
Feb 9 13:27:13 5 Internet Configuration leased -- host <192.168.11.2/255.255.255.0> gateway <192.168.11.1> dns <192.168.11.1> wins lease <86400> domain
Feb 9 13:33:48 5 Disconnected from network.
Feb 9 13:33:51 5 Joined BSS 00:1d:73:8e:a9:48
Feb 9 13:33:53 5 Internet Configuration leased -- host <192.168.11.2/255.255.255.0> gateway <192.168.11.1> dns <192.168.11.1> wins lease <86400> domain
Feb 9 13:35:43 5 Disconnected from network.
Feb 9 13:35:46 5 Joined BSS 00:1d:73:8e:a9:48
Feb 9 13:35:48 5 Internet Configuration leased -- host <192.168.11.2/255.255.255.0> gateway <192.168.11.1> dns <192.168.11.1> wins lease <86400> domain
Feb 9 13:42:23 5 Disconnected from network.
Feb 9 13:42:26 5 Joined BSS 00:1d:73:8e:a9:48
Feb 9 13:42:28 5 Internet Configuration leased -- host <192.168.11.2/255.255.255.0> gateway <192.168.11.1> dns <192.168.11.1> wins lease <86400> domain
Feb 9 13:46:03 5 Disconnected from network.
Feb 9 13:46:06 5 Joined BSS 00:1d:73:8e:a9:48
Feb 9 13:46:08 5 Internet Configuration leased -- host <192.168.11.2/255.255.255.0> gateway <192.168.11.1> dns <192.168.11.1> wins lease <86400> domain
Feb 9 13:49:43 5 Disconnected from network.
Feb 9 13:49:46 5 Joined BSS 00:1d:73:8e:a9:48
Feb 9 13:49:48 5 Internet Configuration leased -- host <192.168.11.2/255.255.255.0> gateway <192.168.11.1> dns <192.168.11.1> wins lease <86400> domain
Feb 9 13:53:23 5 Disconnected from network.
Feb 9 13:53:39 5 Joined BSS 00:1d:73:8e:a9:48
Feb 9 13:53:42 5 Internet Configuration leased -- host <192.168.11.2/255.255.255.0> gateway <192.168.11.1> dns <192.168.11.1> wins lease <86400> domain
Feb 9 13:57:18 5 Disconnected from network.
Feb 9 13:57:21 5 Joined BSS 00:1d:73:8e:a9:48
Feb 9 13:57:23 5 Internet Configuration leased -- host <192.168.11.2/255.255.255.0> gateway <192.168.11.1> dns <192.168.11.1> wins lease <86400> domain
Feb 9 14:00:58 5 Disconnected from network.
Feb 9 14:01:01 5 Joined BSS 00:1d:73:8e:a9:48
Feb 9 14:01:03 5 Internet Configuration leased -- host <192.168.11.2/255.255.255.0> gateway <192.168.11.1> dns <192.168.11.1> wins lease <86400> domain
Feb 9 14:04:38 5 Disconnected from network.
Feb 9 14:04:41 5 Joined BSS 00:1d:73:8e:a9:48
Feb 9 14:04:43 5 Internet Configuration leased -- host <192.168.11.2/255.255.255.0> gateway <192.168.11.1> dns <192.168.11.1> wins lease <86400> domain
Feb 9 14:09:23 5 Disconnected from network.
Feb 9 14:09:26 5 Joined BSS 00:1d:73:8e:a9:48
Feb 9 14:09:28 5 Internet Configuration leased -- host <192.168.11.2/255.255.255.0> gateway <192.168.11.1> dns <192.168.11.1> wins lease <86400> domain
Feb 9 14:14:03 5 Clock synchronized to network time server time.apple.com (adjusted -1 seconds).
Feb 9 14:15:47 5 Disconnected from network.
Feb 9 14:15:51 5 Joined BSS 00:1d:73:8e:a9:48
Feb 9 14:15:53 5 Internet Configuration leased -- host <192.168.11.2/255.255.255.0> gateway <192.168.11.1> dns <192.168.11.1> wins lease <86400> domain
Feb 9 14:19:27 5 Disconnected from network.
Feb 9 14:19:30 5 Joined BSS 00:1d:73:8e:a9:48
Feb 9 14:19:32 5 Internet Configuration leased -- host <192.168.11.2/255.255.255.0> gateway <192.168.11.1> dns <192.168.11.1> wins lease <86400> domain
Feb 9 14:24:42 5 Disconnected from network.
Feb 9 14:24:45 5 Joined BSS 00:1d:73:8e:a9:48
Feb 9 14:24:48 5 Internet Configuration leased -- host <192.168.11.2/255.255.255.0> gateway <192.168.11.1> dns <192.168.11.1> wins lease <86400> domain
Feb 9 14:28:22 5 Disconnected from network.
Feb 9 14:28:25 5 Joined BSS 00:1d:73:8e:a9:48
Feb 9 14:28:28 5 Internet Configuration leased -- host <192.168.11.2/255.255.255.0> gateway <192.168.11.1> dns <192.168.11.1> wins lease <86400> domain
Feb 9 14:32:22 5 Disconnected from network.
Feb 9 14:32:25 5 Joined BSS 00:1d:73:8e:a9:48
Feb 9 14:32:28 5 Internet Configuration leased -- host <192.168.11.2/255.255.255.0> gateway <192.168.11.1> dns <192.168.11.1> wins lease <86400> domain
Feb 9 14:36:02 5 Disconnected from network.
Feb 9 14:36:05 5 Joined BSS 00:1d:73:8e:a9:48
Feb 9 14:36:07 5 Internet Configuration leased -- host <192.168.11.2/255.255.255.0> gateway <192.168.11.1> dns <192.168.11.1> wins lease <86400> domain
Feb 9 14:42:57 5 Disconnected from network.
Feb 9 14:43:00 5 Joined BSS 00:1d:73:8e:a9:48
Feb 9 14:43:02 5 Internet Configuration leased -- host <192.168.11.2/255.255.255.0> gateway <192.168.11.1> dns <192.168.11.1> wins lease <86400> domain
Feb 9 14:47:12 5 Disconnected from network.
Feb 9 14:47:15 5 Joined BSS 00:1d:73:8e:a9:48
Feb 9 14:47:17 5 Internet Configuration leased -- host <192.168.11.2/255.255.255.0> gateway <192.168.11.1> dns <192.168.11.1> wins lease <86400> domain
Feb 9 15:06:42 5 Disconnected from network.
Feb 9 15:06:45 5 Joined BSS 00:1d:73:8e:a9:48
Feb 9 15:06:47 5 Internet Configuration leased -- host <192.168.11.2/255.255.255.0> gateway <192.168.11.1> dns <192.168.11.1> wins lease <86400> domain
Feb 9 15:10:22 5 Disconnected from network.
Feb 9 15:10:25 5 Joined BSS 00:1d:73:8e:a9:48
Feb 9 15:10:28 5 Internet Configuration leased -- host <192.168.11.2/255.255.255.0> gateway <192.168.11.1> dns <192.168.11.1> wins lease <86400> domain
Feb 9 15:14:03 5 Clock synchronized to network time server time.apple.com (adjusted +0 seconds).
Feb 9 15:15:57 5 Disconnected from network.
Feb 9 15:16:00 5 Joined BSS 00:1d:73:8e:a9:48
Feb 9 15:16:02 5 Internet Configuration leased -- host <192.168.11.2/255.255.255.0> gateway <192.168.11.1> dns <192.168.11.1> wins lease <86400> domain
Feb 9 15:19:37 5 Disconnected from network.
Feb 9 15:19:41 5 Joined BSS 00:1d:73:8e:a9:48
Feb 9 15:19:43 5 Internet Configuration leased -- host <192.168.11.2/255.255.255.0> gateway <192.168.11.1> dns <192.168.11.1> wins lease <86400> domain
Feb 9 15:23:17 5 Disconnected from network.
Feb 9 15:23:21 5 Joined BSS 00:1d:73:8e:a9:48
Feb 9 15:23:23 5 Internet Configuration leased -- host <192.168.11.2/255.255.255.0> gateway <192.168.11.1> dns <192.168.11.1> wins lease <86400> domain
Feb 9 15:26:57 5 Disconnected from network.
Feb 9 15:27:01 5 Joined BSS 00:1d:73:8e:a9:48
Feb 9 15:27:03 5 Internet Configuration leased -- host <192.168.11.2/255.255.255.0> gateway <192.168.11.1> dns <192.168.11.1> wins lease <86400> domain
Feb 9 15:31:12 5 Disconnected from network.
Feb 9 15:31:16 5 Joined BSS 00:1d:73:8e:a9:48

If your AirPort Express is configured as a "bridge", with Connection Sharing = Off (Bridge Mode) it is receiving DHCP services from the router that is ahead of it, in this case, probably the Buffalo that you mention. That would be the device where the lease settings would be adjusted.
Check AirPort Utility
Manual Setup
Click Internet icon
Check the Connection Sharing setting at the bottom of the page to confirm your setting for the the AirPort Express

Speakers dropping off while streaming music from my Apple TV

I use my Apple TV to stream music to 5 locations around my house ( wired to Airport express with a powerline ethernet adaptor). recently I find that 2 or 3 locations jut disappear from my speaker list and randomly turn on and off again .
I also use my IMAC to stream music and have less of a problem with that .

I use several wifi networks to overcome potential problems caused by distance, interference and excessive traffic, I'd suggest you look at your current network to see if you can't improve it or at least optimise some settings.

Airport Express drops connection after two minutes

Configuration:
Airport Express 7.4.1
iMac running OS X 10.5.6
Windows XP laptop (Sony)
Windows Vista Home (Dell)
Windows XP (Packard Bell DOT.NL netbook)
All computers are connecting smoothly through the AEX except the Packard Bell netbook. This is using an atheros AR5700EG WiFi adapter. After establishing contact with the AEX all connections will work for 2 minutes. After that, pinging the AEX is not even possible, it seams to have disappeared. XP however tells me that the connection is 100% OK.
The problem is: this machine works fine with any other WiFi access point like Linksys, Belkin etc, but not with the AEX.
Tried varying all settings in the AEX, and disabling Wireless Zero Configuration in XP, but nothing will fix the problem.

Having the same exact problem except my macbook stays connected with no drops. My toshiba laptop drops after a few minutes. the toshiba also has an Atheros wi-fi card. we tried connecting the Toshiba laptop to another AEX router and it did the same thing. AEX is conflicting either with windows vista or ths particular wi-fi card.

AirPort Express dropping connection to Printer

I have a pretty annoying problem...my AirPort Express frequently drops the connection to my printer. I never have any problems with my wireless internet going out, but after a certain amount of time (seemingly random), the printer will no longer be connected. The green light is still lit on the AirPort unit, and my computer still acts like the printer is active and on, but I get a "Printer Status: Error" when trying to print.
I'm running Windows Vista on a Dell Inspiron, and I'm trying to print to a Epson Stylus Photo R320. Any thoughts? It's getting really old unplugging the AirPort every time I want to print.

It's an RCA Digital Broadband router. All activity on it seems to be just fine, and I like I said, my internet connection never goes down...it just stops sending things to the printer.

Can't stream music from iPhone to airport express when connected to internet

I have an issue with my airport express. When the unit is used solely for streaming music from my IPhone to connected stereo speakers without an Ethernet cable attached it works fine. When I attach an Ethernet cable to the airport express and connect to the Internet on my iPhone, the airport express will no longer stream music from the iPhone. This is a recent problem, previously I was able to access the Internet on my iPhone from the airport express, whilst simultaneously streaming music from the iPhone back to the airport express.

Do you mean Lan cable? Can this be done wirelessly from itunes to airport express without the internet connections? I can't connect to an airport express that's not connected to the internet.

Airport Express dropping connections while streaming music

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