Airport express "G" - My woes and some thoughts. . .

I got the airport about this time last year. it worked great and i loved it. In December 2007 I moved to an apartment. I got the local cable co's internet, ran it to my ax and all was well. 6 weeks ago, due to our wonderful economy, i had the cable shut off as I talked to one of my neighbors who has wireless internet running unprotected (no password)..i asked him if i could leech for a bit till i got things sorted. he said cool and all was.....hmmm. SO in my airport menu i select his network and my internet works, sometimes drops then comes right back but no biggie. I reset my ax to just do airtunes and join his network, it restarted and voila, airtunes. problem is that in the last month i get a lot more drop outs and if i go more than 2 days with out streaming by ax disappears and i have to do a hard reset to get it to show up in the utility. The light is green but nothing...sometimes the amber light blinks and it never come on line at all....grrrrrr.
could all my newfound ax woes be due to the fact i am adding it to his network? i had no issues at all when i created my own one with my internet and airtunes.....
anyone?
EDIT: let me ask this then...when i am streaming music from my mbp to the ax, am i doint it dorectly or am i using his network? If I am sending music from my MBP to the ax via his network then that would basically answer all my questions, if the mbp goes direct then I have no clue....
edits as i am brainstorming

EDIT: let me ask this then...when i am streaming music from my mbp to the ax, am i doint it dorectly or am i using his network?
It goes from your MacBook Pro to his wireless base station... then from his base station to the AX. So it depends on the performance of his base station and network.

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    Thanks for the help.
    Michael

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