My airport express keeps taking out my home sharing

imahawki · Apr 22, 2012, 07:46 PM

I have an airport extreme and express. I use the express to extend my network on the top floor because my extreme is in a wiring closet in the basement.

I have had random issues over the time I got the express with my Apple TV 2s in the house dropping connectivity (just home sharing, they can still access netflix). It tends to happen in "batches" and after a recent batch of issues, I narrowed it down with troubleshooting.

See, resetting the ATV and restarting iTunes will always allow me to restart the movie, but quite a bit of the time the movie will drop again and again once the issue is established. But in those cases where it drops repeatedly, if I log into the airport utility and reboot JUST the Express, it always fixes the problem for longer period.

So, something the Express is doing is horking up my network but only in a way that impacts home sharing and not internet/network connectivity on the whole.

Ideas?

imahawki · Apr 26, 2012, 01:44 PM

No one?

imahawki · Apr 30, 2012, 12:47 PM

Oh come on. I'm the only person with this problem?

whsbuss · Apr 30, 2012, 05:15 PM

If you are extending an existing network, be sure you set the wireless channel of each unit to a different frequency.

imahawki · May 1, 2012, 06:15 AM

I have both set to auto. Should I set both manually?

whsbuss · May 1, 2012, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by imahawki

I have both set to auto. Should I set both manually?

Yes so they don't interfere with each other. Use separate channels at least 2 apart, i.e. ch-1 ch-6

Apr 22, 2012, 07:46 PM	#1
imahawki macrumors 6502a Join Date: Apr 2011	My airport express keeps taking out my home sharing I have an airport extreme and express. I use the express to extend my network on the top floor because my extreme is in a wiring closet in the basement. I have had random issues over the time I got the express with my Apple TV 2s in the house dropping connectivity (just home sharing, they can still access netflix). It tends to happen in "batches" and after a recent batch of issues, I narrowed it down with troubleshooting. See, resetting the ATV and restarting iTunes will always allow me to restart the movie, but quite a bit of the time the movie will drop again and again once the issue is established. But in those cases where it drops repeatedly, if I log into the airport utility and reboot JUST the Express, it always fixes the problem for longer period. So, something the Express is doing is horking up my network but only in a way that impacts home sharing and not internet/network connectivity on the whole. Ideas?
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Apr 26, 2012, 01:44 PM	#2
imahawki Thread Starter macrumors 6502a Join Date: Apr 2011	No one?
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Apr 30, 2012, 12:47 PM	#3
imahawki Thread Starter macrumors 6502a Join Date: Apr 2011	Oh come on. I'm the only person with this problem?
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Apr 30, 2012, 05:15 PM	#4
whsbuss macrumors 6502a Join Date: May 2010 Location: SE Penna.	If you are extending an existing network, be sure you set the wireless channel of each unit to a different frequency.
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May 1, 2012, 06:15 AM	#5
imahawki Thread Starter macrumors 6502a Join Date: Apr 2011	I have both set to auto. Should I set both manually?
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