airport express/itunes question

firehc

the express/itunes combo work very well,

but whenever i stop playing songs and come back to play again, the following message appear, sometimes i have to restart itunes or restart the express.



"the remote speaker is currently being used by someone else. please select another speaker from the menu at the bottom of the itunes window.'



i am the only user in the house, so i m sure sth's wrong here.



any clues?

thanks

vandewaals

Is your network open? If someone else is on it and has iTunes they can see your stereo. Try password protecting it, or even better lock your WLAN down so Joe Schmoe can't use it.



1) Turn off the SSID broadcast (create a "closed network")

2) Use MAC address filtering so only your AirPort card can access the base station

3) USE ENCRYPTION....WPA if you can, else 128 bit WEP at the least



Of course this could be something entirely else wrong, but if it IS because someone is leeching off you then you need to take steps to protect your network.

firehc

Thanks,

yeah, I ve done all that u ve mentioned,

still the same old problem.....

paulp

Have you tried repairing permissions? (/Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility)



It's always the first thing I try when odd things start to happen.

firehc

good point,

i will try that tonight and see if it helps.



thanks

firehc

follow up here:

it does not work.....

i think it happens when my imac wake up from sleep

i also notice that my profile in the airport express is gone.



hm.....

jante99

Quote:

Originally posted by firehc

follow up here:

it does not work.....

i think it happens when my imac wake up from sleep

i also notice that my profile in the airport express is gone.



hm.....

I was having lots of problems with my Airport Express, so I completely reset it. They key is to use the Airport Express setup assistant the first time you configure the APE, otherwise some functions like music sharing do not work. (or at least this is what worked for me after a few hours of hassle).