Who's kidnapping my airport remote speaker?

Every once in awhile, right in the middle of listening, I get a window that says: "The remote Airport speaker is currently being used by someone else. Please select another speaker from the menu at the bottom of the iTunes window"
What the heck is this?? How can MY speaker be used by somebody else? How can I get rid of the kidnapper?
r

Hi there!
I'm not sure if another thread here hasn't answered your inquiry to some
extent or another; but one does address a question concerning what
computers are in the wireless network and some older software utilities:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=711260&tstart=0
The above link leads to a download for "airport management tools" v 3.4
and AirPort Management Utility asks for Airport 3.4 or Later, & won't go;
so when I check, my system is well beyond (and at one time had) the
asked for part. Other tool works fine; tells the user information about
the bandwidth and up/down speeds; that says it's a Client Monitor.
If you can make it all work, post back!

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