Airport express needs reboot to be seen by iTunes

My airport express needs a reboot to be seen by iTunes. Wireless network is Linksys EA4500 with 2.4 Ghz and 5Ghz networks, Linksys RE2000 range extender set up for 5Ghz and airport express set up for 5Ghz. Latest version of iTunes software and apple express firmware. iTunes running on PC.

Thank you for clarifying that for me.
It may be possible that the placement of the AirPort Express in relationship to the extended Linksys Wi-Fi network may be the factor that it has to be rebooted when attempting to stream from iTunes.
Where do you have the Express in relation to both Linksys devices? Same room, different room, different floor? Also were is the iTunes "server" located, again, in relation to all three device when streaming?
Does the Express still exhibit the same problem for the following two conditions:
When the Express is placed in the same room as the Linksys EA4500 router with the network still extended?
When you temporarily disconnect the RE2000 so the network is no longer extended?

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