Airplay from MBP sketchy

I have an Early 2011 MacBook Pro running Mavericks. Recently purchased an apple tv. When I airply from the mac to TV it is lagging and i get disconnected many times (usually after 2-3 mins). PLease note that i have a wifi extender on my network. WHen my mac is on the reg router and the apple tv is on the extender i can still conect them. I have even tried putting both on the same network (both not on extension) and it still lags. I saw in another community about shuuting off the firewall to aid the connection, didnt do jjustice for me. Any help??

Hi gym1champ,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.  This article has some steps for troubleshooting performance issues with AirPlay and AirPlay Mirroring that may help:
iTunes: Troubleshooting AirPlay and AirPlay Mirroring
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS5209
Cheers,
- Ari

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