Airport Extreme making my Apple TV 2 constantly restart.

Last night we noticed that iTunes wasn't able to connect to the ATV2. Everything else worked fine except this so I tried a reboot and ever since then, the ATV2 has been on a continuous loop of restarting and turning off before I can do anything. I tried unplugging the power, I tried plugging it into my MBP and doing a restore but, of course, Apple is no longer signing the software so I can't do that. Eventually I realised that, if I disconnect the Airport Extreme, the Apple TV will stop rebooting but of course, I can't use it without an internet connection. Plugged the Aiport Extreme back in and the problem immediately restarted.
So.... Any advice?
Thanks,
Chris

Thanks to some editing of the hosts file, I managed to restore and update my ATV2 and the problem seems to be ok now.

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question is if I buy a airport extreme base and
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card. I hope you guys understand what exactly I am
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intel one) and EmAC Mac OS X (10.4)
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