Can't connect to Airport Express

[DaveN]

The issue I discussed in this thread is clarified in this thread:

Bug: IP address of networked AirPlay device changes when ios device attached to laptop

For a few weeks now I’ve been troubleshooting an issue whereby Roon wold appear to lose the connection to my Airport Express. Specifically, the IP address of the Airport Express (as reported by Roon) would change from the actual network address (in this case 192.168.1.50) to a self-assigned address (169.254.41.247). At this stage I should add that the actual IP address doesn’t change, and other apps (e.g. iTunes) can still stream, but Roon was having problems. I had assumed that this was a prob…