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Q: iTunes will not connect to airport express via airplay

I have an airport express that is connected to external speakers that I use to play music wirelessly from iTunes.  This has worked without issue for years, and only in the past 3 months it has stopped working entirely.  The airport express still shows up in airport utility.  I still have the option to select multiple speakers, to include the airport express in iTunes.

 

But when I try to play a song, iTunes does not connect to the airport express, this error message is given "An error occurred while connecting to the AirPlay device “AirPort Express”. The network connection timed out."

 

I'm using:

Macbook pro, early 2015

Airport express 1st generation 802.11n 

OS X El Capitan version 10.11.6

iTunes version 12.4.3.1

OS X El Capitan (10.11.6), airport express 802.11n

Posted on Sep 5, 2016 11:31 AM