itunes cannot find airport express that is connected to a wireless repeater

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itunes cannot find airport express that is connected to a wireless repeater

I have an airport express that connects to my wireless network. I just installed a repeater to boost the signal. The router and repeater are FritzBox. When the airport express is connected to the router, itunes can find it. When it is connected to the repeater, itunes cannot find it. I assume itunes is trying to communicate through the router and that is why it does not "see" the airport express. Any ideas?

Mac OS X (10.5.8), imac pro

Posted on Jan 5, 2011 2:35 PM

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h10b Author

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Jan 6, 2011 2:21 AM in response to h10b

A small correction: Itunes always recognizes the airport express, irrespective of whether it is registered with the router or the repeater, but it fails to connect with the airport express when it is registered with the repeater. It tries for a few minutes and then gives up. There is no error message.

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NDaniel

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Aug 30, 2011 11:55 AM in response to h10b

Hi,

I have exactly the same problem with a Fritz WLAN Repeater N/G. If the airport express is connect to it, I'm able to configure it with the AirPort Utility but iTunes just shows a connecting dialog and times out after approximately 2min.

Were you able to fix it for you?

Daniel

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NDaniel

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Sep 2, 2011 9:08 AM in response to NDaniel

JFYI: The new version of the AVM WLAN Repeater (300E) does the job.

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