Can not verify remote passcode - iTunes Remote

Question

HI,
I had a lot of trouble trying to get my android Remote for iTunes App paring with iTunes succesfully on one particular PC
Initially I though the issue was to do with the app, but it turned out to be caused  by a design flaw with the iTunes Application.
Viewing the network traffic with Wireshark, I could see that once the Verification Code was entered into iTunes it did not respond directly to the IP address of the requesting device (as it should do), but it was sending the response to the Web Proxy Server address, which iTunes gets from Windows Internet Settings)
To correct, I disabled the proxy in Internet Explorer and retired. (Start iExplorer, Tools - Internet Options - > Connections > Lan Settings
Once paired, you should be able to renable your Proxy.
Hope this info is helpful to others.
G

Answer 1

I've just had the same problem and thought I'd throw in what solved it for me:
Running iTunes 9.02 on two Mac Mini's in my house (both running Leopard 10.6.2). One paired up with the iPhone remote straight away, but the other would always lock up after entering the 4 digit code.
They're both connected to the same network in the same way (ethernet), firewall and all other sharing settings were identical on both machines. I even unpaired and re-paired from the working machine to check that it really was fine.
I tried just about everything:
- playing around with just about every security setting
- restarting the machine / router
- restarting the iPhone
- trying to connect the iphone over an adhoc wifi network
- checking disk permissions with Disk Utility
- deleting all iTunes preference files and starting again
In the end I finally solved it this morning -- It turns out there was something wrong with my iTunes Library itself. If I moved my existing library files out of the iTunes folder and restarted iTunes (to create a new, empty library), the pairing worked straight away! But as soon as I put the old library files back into place, iTunes would again lock up when I attempt to use the Remote app.
So, the solution for me has been to create a new Library and re-import all my music / podcasts (which isn't too much of an issue for me). Remote App is now working flawlessly, as it was on my other Mac from the beginning!
Hope that might be of use to someone....
Cheers,
John