Base Station unknown error (-3256) streaming music won't connect

Does anyone know what this error means? Whenever I want to listen to music over the AE to my speakers I must connect first via my powerbook speakers then change it over to my Base Station through the tab at the bottom right of the iTunes window. I'm running on a Mac. with all upgrades current and I've done the restore to AE by unplugging it etc,. This has been going on now for a number of months. Any idea's ? thanks,
jason

Dito to everything that has been said so far! In the UK though, we don't even have a phone number to be able to actually speak to someone about this. Apple better get on it and put some kinda statement on the site about it. Hate to admit this, but I've spent nearly the whole of Christmas Day stressing about this!! AAAAARGH!! Let's hope it gets sorted. However, I have read some other topics about it and other people are saying that their ipods stopped working after d/loading the latest software... Was gonna consider uninstalling it but without it you can't actually d/load any vids!! Total catch 22!
Merry Christmas folks! Let's keep our fingers crossed that it gets sorted!
Jill xxx

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iTunes 8 shows a warning message like: unknown error -3256.
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How can I fix it?
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Hey Tim thanks for the post. However, the AirPort Express Firmware Updater 6.3 for Mac OS X was released in Jan 2006, per the link. According to my Airport Utility Im running Airport Express version 7.3.2. I purchased the AE yesterday, which would make me think the firmware is more recent than the 6.3. Albeit, I can not find the version (7.3.2) anywhere as an update on Apples site???? Additionally, when setting up my iMac running itunes 7x (to see if the AE would work with an older version of itunes), the installer automatically ran a firmware update to 7.3.2, which precluded me from determining if it was the firmware or itunes 8. For now Im stuck with having to go into the office to change music, in lieu of networking my MacBook Pro with my iMac - it shouldn't have to be such a pain. I mite try install the 6.3 version to see how that works.

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since I updated to itunes 7.0 I can't connect to the itunes store anymore. I really want to purchase new music and for over 3 weeks I haven't been able to connect anymore. It's so annoying! My internetconnection is always working perfectly. I have tried updates, reinstalled everything, but I can't get it to work. I would be so greatful for help!!!
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Dito to everything that has been said so far! In the UK though, we don't even have a phone number to be able to actually speak to someone about this. Apple better get on it and put some kinda statement on the site about it. Hate to admit this, but I've spent nearly the whole of Christmas Day stressing about this!! AAAAARGH!! Let's hope it gets sorted. However, I have read some other topics about it and other people are saying that their ipods stopped working after d/loading the latest software... Was gonna consider uninstalling it but without it you can't actually d/load any vids!! Total catch 22!
Merry Christmas folks! Let's keep our fingers crossed that it gets sorted!
Jill xxx

An unknown error occurred when Dreamweaver tried to connect to this Contrib

Hello all,
I just started having a Dreamweaver problem that's perplexing me...
I have 2 machines, a G4 and a G5 both running Dreamweaver ( I have MX2004 and 8 on both machines, this problem effects both versions on the G5 only).
Everything was humming along just fine until the other day when suddenly I was receiving error messages on my G5 stating
"An unknown error occurred when Dreamweaver tried to connect to this Contribute site".
Then my local folder containing the website that I was working on would go gray (in Dreamweaver) and lose it's folder icon. It would still look like it was there, just no icon. When I would click on the drop down triangle it would state, " The local root folder, (and the folders name), does not exist. Please select a new local folder by clicking the Manage Sites button".
I then ran a couple of tests on the G4 and it connected fine, I was able to edit, upload/download, everything as usual. I then attempted to connect to the site with Transmit on the G5...no problem.
In the site definition I remembered that it may be set up to work with Contribute sites, but this was not the case, the box was unchecked.
I then had the idea to export the site key from the G4 and grab it onto the G5 and import it into Dreamweaver...I did this AND IT WORKED! Once...after that back to the 2 usual errors.
I found a work around for now...do my editing/site building in Dreamweaver, and upload with Transmit...this works fine...I've found that the errors only happen AFTER I've connected with the site(s). I've tried this with the other sites I maintain and it was the exact same thing.
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i get the following error message: 'an error occurred while connecting to the remote speaker. an unknown error occured (-3256). I've reset the airport and it's connected back to my network but this error persists -- anybody have any ideas?? thanks in advance --

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3. You can try running Bonjour software to see if this will create a port for you.
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