iTunes 8 generating problems with AirPort Express?
updated 11:35 am EDT, Wed September 10, 2008
iTunes 8 & AirPort Express
Apple's newly-released iTunes 8 may be causing problems for owners of AirPort Express routers, complaints on Apple forums suggest. Accounts mention the software displaying error codes when trying to use the AirTunes option, used to stream music wirelessly to remote speakers. Once an Express is connected to distant speakers, iTunes normally allows users to pick a particular set of audio outputs.
Instead however, some users are seeing either an "-15000" or "-3526" error, where previously AirTunes functioned properly. The latter appears to be connected to firewall settings, and may be fixed by either giving iTunes access permissions, or disabling a firewall entirely. Apple states that the -15000 error may be triggerable by outdated Express firmware (prior to v6.3), but not all users are reporting success after updating. Some suggest unblocking UDP traffic, once again accessed through the Firewall pane.
Airtunes -3256 error
09/10, 01:15pm (1 reply) reply
Changing firewall settings did not fix the error -3256 problem for me. However, enabling IPv6 in the Network System Preferences for the AirPort Express eliminated the problem (Intel iMac Core 2 Duo, Mac OS X 10.5.4). Turning off IPv6 caused the problem to occur again; turning it back on once again solved the problem.
mherbson
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Force Fed IPV6
09/10, 01:23pm reply
Unsurprising that Apple's determination to force feed us IPv6 (Yes, I know we'll need it eventually) creates another problem not unlike the "... your computer is not connected to the internet" problem that is solved by disabling IPv6 and manually entering the DNS servers in system preferences.
Feathers
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Works
09/10, 01:44pm reply
Works for me...
FYI, IPv6 is set to “Automatically”.
CVB
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Firewall setting for iTun
09/10, 02:55pm reply
Changing the IPv6 setting to “Automatically” didn't work for me but changing the Firewall setting for iTunes to "Allow all incoming connections" did work.MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo, OS 10.5.4 with AirPort Express joining an AirPort Extreme network.
Guest
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Works here
09/10, 02:58pm reply
I have 3 AirPort Expresses--2 are 'n' models from this year, one is a 'g' from 2005 [?].
AirTunes works great(same) on all of them with iTunes 8.
Bwa
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AE
09/10, 04:07pm reply
worked fine for me. My firewall is on and I am allowing all incoming connections.
alfredo
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Works fine for me here to
09/10, 08:27pm reply
No worries with IPV6 turned on as well.
UpQuark
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2 out of 3
09/13, 05:39am reply
works on my mini, works on my (intel) iMac, but on my 12" PowerBook I get the -3526 error. Which is rather annoying, since that's the machine I use most to play music through airtunes (from shared lib on mini)
All network settings are basically the same, can't make any sense of it yet :(
Kees
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-1500
09/17, 08:56am (1 reply) reply
-1500 with newest firmware. :-(
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