Airport express drops off network

This seems to be a router firmware issue. Resetting the Airport Express or changing channels won't help.

My problems started when my operator updated the router firmware. The Airport Express started to drop off the network every 1-2 hours. The green light was still on, but the device was not available for AirPlay on any device. You had to power off and on to get it back (for a while). I had to switch to another router.

Luckily modern routers that support the newer 802ac technology (dual band, more stable) are not that expensive. I bought a Huawei HG635 and made my Airport Express connect to the 5GHz network. No problems after that.

Ah yes! This solved it for me too! I've been streaming music to my AEX and airplaying on my Apple TV for years until I upgraded my devices and router. It was very frustrating not being able to figure out what the problem was (PC firewall, opening ports on router, WIFI extension etc) My router 2.4 GHz network was set to WAP2 Personal but the 5 GHz section my set WAP2/ WPA mixed personal. Switching that to WAP2 Personal fixed everything suddenly my Apple TV shows up on my iPhone and iPad for mirroring, I can stream music from my iPhone or my PC to AEX. All works like it used to and the way it should. Thanks for sharing that !

Also, right now I am listening to audio streamed via Airplay but still I am looking at the screen below in Airport Utility 😝 This is really not the quality I have come to expect from Apple..

I like your last idea - get a new Extreme and everything should play nice - note the keyword "should".

Exactly this problem too. With a BT router. Elsewhere someone has suggested disabling DHCP, but no idea how to do this... Any help appreciated. Thanks.

WPA2-PSK-AES = WPA2 Personal

Thanks, Bob. That's the conclusion I came to doing some digging through Apple's documents on configuring Airport Extreme network.

thanks Loyo.. I'm going to try this.. so freaking annoying.. dropping every day.. twice a day.. dont need it to extend.. just for music streaming so i'll try this...

I am utterly bafflled. My setup has a 2nd Gen Airport Express used exclusively for Airplay and connected to my BT HomeHub. None of the steps I I have tried thus far have had any effect.

As with others, the connection appears to drop out at random intervals when Idle, usually around 5-10 minutes, but I have recently noticed that whilst Airport Utility for OSX reports a lost connection; Airport Utility for iOS reports a healthy connection. This makes no sense as the issue lies between the BTHH and AE. At least that's what I thought. Can anybody comment on this?

Additionally, I am interested to know if those expereince problems are a minority or if the combination of AE + BTHH (or any other router) is problematic in all cases.

No two routers are the same, they all have different setup / admin menus. Good luck. Or, as I said before, go bluetooth!

Ok tried these settings last night and it's still dropping off. I have had enough of this POS and it's going in the f*cking bin.

On the box it states: Netgear Cable Home Network Gateway CG3100D-2BPAUS.

Have you tried to , in your wireless router, set the channel from Automatic to a certain channel ?

Scratch that: still having problems.