Airport Express: ip connectivity ok but no more "Music" Tab, no Airtunes
Hi all,
Here is the issu, have an Airport Extreme wireless network coupled with an Airport Express configured as client connecte with a jack to my Hi-Fi speakers.
A few months ago it worked like a charm, and I had no trouble listening to itunes on my speakers.
But now I can neither select the Airport Express speakers anymore in iTunes, nor find the "Muisc" tab in airport admin utility.
I did soft and hard reset the AX several times, I tried the 'IPv6' solution either way, I re-created the wireless network, I donwgraded then upgraded the AX, all this to no avail. All the software looks to be up to date. The AX light is green, I can ping it, but still no music tab, no speaker selection in iTunes.
I saw this thread dating from the beginning of the year: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=832697
Does this mean that airport software silently disables the music tab from the setup when signal strengh is low ? This would be a quite undocumented feature. Besides I tested it with the ibook less than 1 meter from the base station... so I can't thin of a strengh issue here.
Can someone help here please ?
I originally posted this message back in 2005 ... http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=1114219#1114219
Since that original post, I have now had three out of five Airport Express all experience the same problem. Unexplainably, over time, the unit itself doesn't stop working, but the Music tab and use of the Airtunes do. While I've seen no good explanation of this problem (and I didn't buy my Airport Express with a Mac, so I keep getting screwed on the purchases), but I think it has to do with a hardware problem with the jack on the Airport Express. I noticed on all three that the red light in the jack for using optical cables no longer shines. My conjecture is that when the music jack's optical port stops functioning, the Express' OS no longer sees the port and the kills the Music tab.
Just thought I'd share my 2 years and counting frustration with the Airport Express' loss of the music tab. Fortunately for me I have the disappearing Airport Disks to worry about.
Ben
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