Airtunes Via Ethernet

Hi there,
I have installed an Airport Express as an extension to an existing network. It has been setup just fine and works a treat. My problem is using Airtunes. I am able to connect to it with any wireless laptop in the network however I have hard wired my PC and would really love to send music from it (at this is where all my music, movies etc is stored).
I have been reading posts and found users with similar problems however they were back in the day when there was an "Airport Admin Utility". There was a checkbox "allow airtunes via ethernet"
I have the latest (7.5.x) Airport admin utililty and have been unable to find a similar check box?
Can anyone please provide help??
Thanks in Advance!

… back in the day when there was an "Airport Admin Utility". There was a checkbox "allow airtunes via ethernet"
I have the latest (7.5.x) Airport admin utililty and have been unable to find a similar check box?
AirPort Utility has no similar checkbox. Now there's a single checkbox ("Enable AirTunes") that will enable or disable AirTunes for all clients, wired and wireless.

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