Airport Express no longer "sees" remote speakers

The problem started this morning. I un-slept my computer, opened iTunes 5.0 and it hung while trying to connect to remote speakers, requiring a force quit due to "(not responding)." I opened iTunes again and this time it didn't even see the speakers - there was no box at the bottom.
I opened Airport Admin Utility and the music tab is gone! In fact I can see it for a split second as I open the Utility, but then it just comletely dissappears... Is anyone else having this problem? The only thing I've done is disconnect my speakers once last night when I was cleaning, but I plugged them right back in, and as far as I can tell, all of my functionality was there last night. Any ideas?
EDIT: I would like to mention also that the internet works just fine, as my posting of this should demonstrate, and that I have firmware 6.2 installed. I tried rolling back to 6.1.1 with no luck and then upgrading to 6.2 again - also with no luck.

My problem seems to have "solved itself." I say that, meaning I tried dozens of things and eventually some combination worked...
As I stated before, I tried installing an older version of the Airport firmware. It didn't work. I reinstalled the v6.2 software and that didn't work. I still could view the Airport in both the menu (at the top of the screen) as well as in Airport Admin Utility. However, opening the basestation in Airport Admin yielded a disappearing Music tab. I also discovered that I couldn't print over the network.
I tried renaming the network, resetting the basestation, unplugging the speakers, unplugging the printer. In an act of pure desperation I tried unplugging everything, resetting the basestation, and running the Airport Setup Assistant. I gave the station a different name and went through the entire process. However, nothing changed - the internet worked, but music and printing were disabled. Disguisted, I changed the new name back to my old, and checked one more time... IT WORKED!
Sorry to be longwinded and practically useless; I hate it when a problem solves itself with no indicator as to what was wrong in the first place. My only advise it to keep playing until it works again. Goodluck, and I'm interested in any ideas anyone has.

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I went away for a day, came back, and found that iTunes could no longer see my remote speakers on my Airport Express. I've been using this setup for years without a problem, so I haven't the faintest clue as to why it decided not to work now. I searched the forums and saw that I'm not the first to have this problem, but I found no solutions. Does anyone have any ideas?
I've turned everything off and unplugged it, waited several minutes and turned it all on again (starting with the modem), and I've tried everything else I've read on these boards so far and at the Apple Support FAQ. I'm at my wit's end. It's maddening to have something that was working so well for so long just stop working for no apparent reason whatsoever.

Exact same problem here. I started a similar thread back in Sep after airtunes worked for about 13 months. It's archived now since no one had a solution.
"Airtunes missing; no Music tab in Airport Admin Utility - Help!
Posted: Sep 2, 2006 9:01 PM
Hi. Tried to play music via airtunes to AX connected to stereo, but no speaker selections in iTunes! Been working for the past year. Went to airport admin utility (4.2) for the AEBS and when configuring it showed the Music tab for about a second then it went away. I can't select Music to setup airtunes! Where's the tab? "
Run the airport admin utility for for base station and see if the "Music" tab is still there. For some reason, when my airtunes problem started (no speaker selection in itunes) I noticed that when a I ran the airport utility the Music tab shows for a second or so until the AEBS name shows and then the tab goes away. All of the other functions of the AX works fine (green lite).
One theory is that the line out portion of the AX fails over time. Not sure, but I've reinstalled the latest SW for the AEBS, AX, itunes, etc. and I think it may be AX hardware related.
I still have Applecare with my powerbook and since I use the AX with it, it's covered. Apple is sending me a new AX so I'll try it and report back if the new AX has airtunes working again.
About the flashing yellow lite after factory reset. Like Hon. says run the utility since it's been reset to "just out of the box". When I reset mine yesterday, I couldn't find the AX in the utility running it from my PowerMac (AEBS connected via ethernet) even after multiple rescans. I went to my powerbook and found the AX as a separate network (under the airport signal arcs at the top). It had the same IP address as the AEBS. Selecting the AX network and then running the airport assistant allowed me to set it up correctly to join my current network from the AEBS. I hope that helps.

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Greetings, I have a cable modem internet connection; I use an older Airport Extreme (802.11n, without Time Capsule) to make a local wifi network with WPA2 Personal security, and an older Airport Express (802.11 b/g, firmware 6.3) to connect a laser printer in a different room.
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I've tried soft resets (unplugging then plugging back in) and hard resets (pressing the reset button with a paperclip until the amber light flashes, then reconfiguring the device). I've tried setting the Airport Express both just to join the network (printer sharing) as well as extend the network; I also reverted the Airport Extreme's firmware to 7.4.2 which works perfectly well. However, now after each successive attempt to reconfigure the Airport Express to join the network, Airport Utility says that the Airport Express has been successfully updated and will restart, which it never does - it simply flashes an amber light, and Airport Utility eventually times out and says that it was unable to find the Airport Express after restarting, noting that the settings have been successfully updated, but that there is a problem re-joining the wireless network/finding the device. Notably, the Airport Express no longer appears in the left hand list of wireless devices in Airport Utility.
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Hi pslebow,
You make it sound like there was no change, then suddenly the Airport Express 802.11g lost connection to the wireless network and you can't get it back.
What network security is your wireless network using?
From the specification sheet, "…When joining an existing wireless network, AirPort Express only supports WPA-Personal."
AirPort Express - Technical Specifications
Please make sure your router security is set to match.
iOS and OS X: Recommended settings for Wi-Fi routers and access points - Apple Support
If you have older Wi-Fi devices on your network that don't support WPA2 Personal (AES), a good second choice is WPA/WPA2 Mode (often referred to as WPA Mixed Mode). This mode will allow newer devices to use the stronger WPA2 AES encryption, while still allowing older devices to connect with older WPA TKIP-level encryption. If your Wi-Fi router doesn't support WPA/WPA2 Mode, WPA Personal (TKIP) mode is the next best choice.
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Hi all, I'm scratching my head at this one.
For years I've had an Airport Express and it has worked fine. I was using it simply to stream music from iTunes on my PC as well as my iPhone and iPad to my home theater which is in a different room. I had a Linksys WRT150N wireless router, and the Airport Express would join my existing network and stream music via Airplay.
A few days ago I replaced my Linksys router with a Netgear WNDR3800, and the Airport Express no longer connected. I assumed I had to set it up again, but it is not even recognized by Airport Utility, so I can't get to the setup screen. I tried performing a soft reset, hard reset, and attaching the Airport Express to one of my Netgear's LAN ports via Ethernet cable, but it still won't show up in Airport Utility. The amber light just flashes on the unit and I can't access any setup screens.
Am I missing something obvious? All of the help tips assume the Airport Express at least shows up in Airport Utility. In my Airport Utility there is nothing to select and it says "AirPort Utility was unable to find any AirPort wireless devices. Make sure the AirPort wireless device you want to set up is plugged in and in range of your computer, and then click rescan to try again."
I am running a PC with Windows 7 and using Airport Utility v. 5.6.1 for Windows.
Thanks for any help!
-Rob

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If you want to configure the Express using wireless only, you need to remember that when you reset the Expess back to default settings, it is now producing a wireless network with a name like Apple Network xxxxxx.
You must log on to the Apple Network xxxxxx wireless network first....no password is required.....and then open AirPort Utility so that your PC will establish a connection to the AirPort Express.
Once the AirPort Express has been configured to join your Netgear wireless network, you can log back on to your normal wireless network and all devices will be working with one another.

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is it possible to use both at the same time? in my case cable-connected speakers in the living-room and an Airplay-speaker in the bathroom and/or kitchen?
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Same problem for me. Ever since I upgraded to 10.6.3 and iTunes 9.1, about once per week I'll get the error message when trying to get iTunes/Airtunes to connect to my older Airport Express (running firmware 6.3) "An error occurred while connecting to the remote speaker <insert speaker name here>. The network connection failed." (No error codes are given.)
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Probably not relevant, but the computer on which I'm running iTunes (a Mac Mini) is connected to my TC via ethernet, not wirelessly.
I've tried the suggestion of disabling ipv6. No effect.
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Enter a check mark next to Enable Ethernet clients
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Wireless Password = Same password that your AEBS network is using
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It's an easy mistake to make, but AirPort Utility 5.6.1 will only run on Snow Leopard and Leopard machines.
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Power off the Express for a few minutes
Hold in the reset button first and keep holding it in for an additional 9-10 seconds as you simultaneously plug the Express back in to power
Release the reset button after the hold period and allow it 45 seconds or so to restart to a slow, blinking amber light
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I've see a couple of people getting errors when trying to use AirTunes, but since I upgraded to iTunes 10, iTunes won't even display my Airport, nor is there any visible way to select multiple speakers (it was in the bottom right previously).
"Look for remote speakers" is checked in iTunes.
Windows firewall is off, and in the firewall I do use, iTunes and all associated apple networking software is set to have full access (send and recieve).
The Airport Express is visible and useable from Airfoil, and also works with the setup utility.
I have just removed all traces of iTunes and anything Apple from the computer and did a fresh install. Still no joy.
This was working perfectly before iTunes 10 - what's changed? It's not my setup, as Airfoil works, as does the setup util.
UPDATE:
iTunes Diagnostic result shows an odd driver duplicate that's got an error:
UPDATE:
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Microsoft Windows Vista x64 x64 Ultimate Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 6002)
System manufacturer System Product Name
iTunes 10.1.1.4
QuickTime 7.6.9
FairPlay 1.10.14
Apple Application Support 1.4.1
iPod Updater Library 10.0d2
CD Driver 2.2.0.1
CD Driver DLL 2.1.1.1
Apple Mobile Device 3.3.0.69
_Apple Mobile Device Driver not found._
Bonjour 2.0.4.0 (214.3)
Gracenote SDK 1.8.2.457
Gracenote MusicID 1.8.2.89
Gracenote Submit 1.8.2.123
Gracenote DSP 1.8.2.34
iTunes Serial Number [removed]
Current user is an administrator.
The current local date and time is 2011-01-27 17:00:49.
iTunes is not running in safe mode.
WebKit accelerated compositing is enabled.
HDCP is not supported.
Core Media is supported.
Video Display Information
NVIDIA, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
** External Plug-ins Information **
No external plug-ins installed.
iPodService 10.1.1.4 (x64) is currently running.
iTunesHelper 10.1.1.4 is currently running.
Apple Mobile Device service 3.3.0.0 is currently running.
** Network Connectivity Tests **
Network Adapter Information
Adapter Name: {46722114-D927-44EC-8C09-E46CDDE18F31}
Description: NVIDIA nForce 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet
IP Address: 10.0.0.5
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 10.0.0.3
DHCP Enabled: No
DHCP Server:
Lease Obtained: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970
Lease Expires: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970
DNS Servers: 10.0.0.3
Active Connection: LAN Connection
Connected: Yes
Online: Yes
Using Modem: No
Using LAN: Yes
Using Proxy: No
SSL 3.0 Support: Enabled
TLS 1.0 Support: Enabled
Firewall Information
Windows Firewall is off.
Connection attempt to Apple website was successful.
Connection attempt to browsing iTunes Store was successful.
Connection attempt to purchasing from iTunes Store was successful.
Connection attempt to iPhone activation server was successful.
Connection attempt to firmware update server was successful.
Last successful store access was 2011-01-27 16:58:59.
Message was edited by: davetrouser
Message was edited by: davetrouser

Same problem here. Everything was OK and working before iTunes 10.1.2.17 update on January 27, 2011 for 64bit Windows.
AE is working when using iTunes & Spotify via Airfoil but not directly from iTunes. Tweaking firewall didn't help either. Well I can live like this thanks to Airfoil but hopefully next iTunes update will fix this problem.

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