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An odd fix for AirTunes intermittent dropouts
Authored by: degolf on Mar 31, '10 03:57:58AM

Here is something that I have learned. If I have even a momentary loss in internet connection (WAN not LAN) there is a dropout. Apparently the way the express is designed, if you have your Airport Express set to join an existing network and that network looses connection to the internet (not your local connection to your router, but the feed of signal into the router from the outside), it will cause a dropout in the Airport Express connection to your computer. You may not even realize that your are experiencing these momentary internet dropouts, because unless you are interacting with a web server or something else that requires a constant connection you wouldn't experience any trouble. I figured it out because I use an email provider for work that, once I login, requires a constant connection.

You can avoid dopouts caused from this by either fixing your internet connection to make it constant (by working with your ISP) or you can connect directly to the Airport Express without joining a network (in the Admin Utility setup). Of course then you can't access the internet because you are not part of your LAN that goes to the internet. You can also, create separate profiles on your airport express, one for joining a network and another for direct. This would allow you to switch back and forth. You might want to do this just to establish for sure that this is the problem.

Either way, I think this may be the cause of many people's dropouts. I got my ISP to fix my connection, and I have very reliable streaming now (for weeks now)... before I had constant problems on some days and then none on others.



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An odd fix for AirTunes intermittent dropouts
Authored by: radioraffi on Nov 13, '10 10:33:38PM

I sort of did this same thing and it's working without any drops (so far). Basically I created a new, dedicated wireless network which is not connected to the internet between my imac and the airport express. Luckily, I dont need my wifi on my imac since I'm connected to a airport extreme router via ethernet which is connected to my DSL modem via ethernet as well. So I can play itunes remotely off the imac without changing my wireless network every time I want to to listen to music, or being unable to connect to the internet.
I'm not sure what you would do if you have to share the internet on your airport express or if its your only wireless router, but this seems to be working without any drops.
I hope it gets addressed either with a airport firmware update or an updated version of itunes, although I just downloaded an update for itunes (v10.1) yesterday. Maybe it has to do with the shift from AirTunes to AirPlay with that itunes update?



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