Green Light on AE, Status = Normal. AirTunes = Error -3256
OK, so I have an AirPort Express that I use to get my iTunes music on my home stereo. It stopped playing music on the stereo, so I completely started over with it resetting it to factory defaults.
AirPort Utility says Status is Normal, the light is green on the device, I've named it, it's joined my 128bit WEP encrpyed wirless network (a linksys WRT54G), everything looks good. Until when I go to play my music it says "connecting to remote speakers"
then gives me this pop error -3256, an unkown error occurred. How
http://mt11.quickshareit.com/share/picture71668bc.pdf
Nevermind, I searched, sorry.
Turn off ipv6 in system preferences>network.
Also
Open System Preferences, choose security, then open the Firewalls tab.
select "allow all incoming connections"
Also log into your router and make sure there are no setting turned on to block udp traffic.
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I have now been on holiday for 2 weeks and switched it off.
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Green light blinking continously on Airport Express
Hi,
since 2 days after software update on Mac OSX10.6.8 I've got my AEB down.
The green light is blinking continuously.
I tried all what i could find on the net :
- reset via utiltiy : Airport Utility 5.6.1 doesn't show any network, neither options, tab, buttons or what so ever.
- software reset of AEB : green light still blinking
- hardware reset of AEB : the same, no orange after 1 second
- reset AEB to default : the same, no orange after 1 second
Internet is ok via Ethernet cable thru the DSL modem.
I would like to understand if it is a hardware trouble or firmware/software trouble.
After pushing reset button of AEB, it is written that led blink orange after 1 second. Does it mean the hardware is kaputt?
Or is it an update of the firmware that went wrong?
Thank you.I saw this post https://discussions.apple.com/message/17298925#17298925
though i'm still in wonder.
Because status light don't mention green blinking as a fault but as "normal" :
"Si vous choisissez l’option Clignotement en cas d’activité dans le menu local Voyant d’état (dans la sous-fenêtre Borne d’accès des réglages AirPort de l’utilitaire AirPort), le voyant d’état clignote en vert pour indiquer un fonctionnement normal."
that i translate in :
if you select blinking option in case of activities in local menu Status led (in sub-windows "Borne d'accès" of tuning Airport Utility), the led blinks green to say working normally.
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Power-up the modem; wait at least 10-15 minutes to make sure that is has enough time to initialize.
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Got the Green light, see the AE in iTunes, but no connect, I'm sad
Hello, hoping someone might know what I need to tweak to get my Airport Express to finally work.
Network Setup: I have two PC computers on the network (one wired, one wireless), a linksys wireless router, and a new AE (with current firmware)
Here's what I've done so far: I plugged in the AE and followed the KB on joining an AE to an existing network. I took the Admin utility route, so that I could try the static IP approach. After a many attempts and alot of hard resets, I finally got the green light to stay solid. Checking iTunes, I can see the AE in the speakers dropdown, however when selecting it, a connecting bar appears but eventually drops off and no connection occurs. "Computer" remains the only connected speakers. One thing to note, the "Multiple Speaker" option at the bottom of the dropdown is missing, only "Computer" and the new AE are listed. Wanting to verify that the AE is seen across the network I went to the other computer, opened iTunes and get the same results, I can see the AE in the dropdown but can not connect to it. No error is returned, it just gives up after a while when attempting to connect. Thoughts?Here's the steps I took to get this far:
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