AirPlay seems to work okay from my iPhone, iPad and iTunes on my MacBook Pro, but only for a short time after restarting my Thomson 585v8 wifi router.
After a few minutes to half an hour, AirPlay stops working and the option vanishes from all devices.
Any help would be appreciated!
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An update to this - having read on another forum that my problem may be conflicting channels with my neighbours wifi, I've experimented with changing the wifi channel I'm using. Every time I change the channel this makes AirPlay reappear on all devices for a while, but no matter which channel I use it still vanishes again after a few hours.
Any help or suggestions would be gratefully received!
If you never got this sorted, can I suggest keeping an eye on a discussion I've started? I have the same router and it may be a firmware issue, but I'm currently working on it
Thanks a lot for the heads up but I never got that router to work so I just replaced it. I've had no problems since - airplay works like a charm. Good luck!
That's interesting! What router did you go with in the end, just incase I get stuck too? Did you actually try a firmware update?
I dont think I tried an update. I borrowed a random spare router from a guy at work (a Linksys I think) to see if that solved the problem, and when it did he ended up just letting me keep it. If I was to buy a new one I think I'd go with Apple just to play safe.
Not that it matters now, but all you needed to do was perform a firmware update. The below will be helpful for anyone coming across this discussion (via the support pages at www.plus.net):
The 585v8 v8.2.7.7 firmware is known to cause wi-fi connectivity problems with certain Apple computers. To fix this problem we recommend that you upgrade to v8.2.7.8 that features updated wi-fi drivers from the chipset manufacturer. No official upgrade tool exists for Apple computers so you may need to reflash the firmware using a Windows computer instead.
I did this yesterday and it fixed all of the issues I was having - no Airplay icons, cycling for wifi networks, dropped connections - all of these righted themselves after a firmware update.
Why does AirPlay keep failing shortly after restarting my wifi?
