Unknown Error -3256 with itunes

I have joined my airport express to my existing wireless network and now when I try to use both my local speakers and my distant speakers at the same time I get: "An error happened while connecting to the distant speakers <<name of my speakers>>. An unknown error happened (-3256)"
Can any body please help?

Just curious about the UPD Traffic Blocking. I could not find this info on my Mac & I am having the same problem with getting the (-3256) error code.
I can play in iTunes either multiple speakers separately but when I check both boxes I & try to get them both to play is when I get the error code.
I'm sure that there are other issues & suprised that not more is talked about in the Apple Discussions forum.
Thanks,
Jay

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