Airport Extreme n drop outs

hello to everyone...
i have read on this forum about airport drop outs and seem to be a victim too. have tried a few solutions but nothing seems to work and i am very disappointed since my new wireless setup wont work.
The setup:
iMac intel 2.16 in office room.
macbook air in the living room
apple tv in the bedroom
airport express connected to an adsl modem and an airport express in the living room to extend the signal and airtune to the hi-fi.
both the airports are brand new with the latest firmware. Macs and atv all run the latest OS.
but i keep having drop outs from the extreme. ahhh, on the extreme i have a usb disk connected not that it makes any difference.
so i tried the network without any security but i still have drop outs.
i have another 4 networks which i see with istumbler but all on different channels.
the drop outs are random and they seem to be worse when my wife is on the computer which makes things even worse (if u know what i mean....)
any solutions and ideas will be much appreciated.
my next move will be to switch off the express and have the extreme only to see if it makes any difference.
thanx.

Same problem here.
My configuration is 1 Time Capsule, 2 Airport Express (n) (connected to 2 pairs of speakers in the house) and 1 MacBook Pro and 1 PC, everything is using N speed. (However, I suppose that when my iPhone connects to our wireless network, too, that it would reduce the entire network speed down from N to G? Is that right? Anyway, the drop-outs occur with or without iPhone.)
I tried having the two Airport Express on the network only as clients, and now set up as a WDS, but it does not seem to make any difference.
I also have now switched off the Time Machine backups to the TC, because that increases the number of AirTunes music drop outs.
I noticed in the Airport Utility that you can monitor the signal strength, see this PNG file:
http://www.vrolik.net/wifi.png
The brown line is my MacBook Pro streaming music to the network, and the peaks in that line occur exactly when I experience music drop outs. Can anyone tell me what this means?

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Hi BillCilla,
If you are having intermittent but persistent drops in AirTunes via your AirPort Express, you may find the following article helpful:
Apple Support: AirTunes audio stream drops or cuts out
http://support.apple.com/kb/ta21538
Regards,
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Alright so I have an airport extreme, and I have been having these "dropping out" problems for a long time now. For about 20 seconds, the internet signal is at maximum strength, then for some reason just completely drops for a few seconds then comes back. So basically if I am doing anything like playing a game online or talking on aim it just drops out for a few seconds then comes back. It's driving me mental.
The airport is not far at all from my computer, and we do have 2.4ghz phones, but over at my other house, we have a linksis wireless setup, and my computer is much farther away and there are also 2.4ghz phones there, and it doesn't drop out at all.
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SOMEONE FROM APPLE PLEASE HELP US!
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Yes, I am pretty sure it isn't that. That modem and it's connection works fine, but it's on the other side of the house.
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And why am I not be able to change my airport password? That part really puzzles me.
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I have this model:
http://www.apple.com/airportextreme/
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The only things that have changed are software updates. The iMac has been updated from 10.5.8 to 10.9. iTunes is now 11.1.3 and the Airport Express asked for a firmware update so I did that too. No new hardware has been added, no new RF items have been introduced to the house, nothing has changed position.
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This is really frustrating as its the only job the £80 airport express has to do and now it doesn't.
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If you are having intermittent but persistent drops in AirTunes via your AirPort Express, you may find the following article helpful:
Apple Support: AirTunes audio stream drops or cuts out
http://support.apple.com/kb/ta21538
Regards,
- Brenden

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Hello
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Thanks

Hello
I have an Airport Extreme (4 years old) - never had any issues with connection or signal. I am on Comcast, and have ATV, 2 iphones, iMac all wireless. Many times I can see the wireless system, but it won't give me webpages. Also, on my iMAC, it trys to get to Yahoo or Apple site and just spins (does not say connection lost). Airport extreme is always solid green
If I disonnect the Airport extreme, and plug back in, goes, yellow, flashes and then solid green. From here, internet works. Any idea why this happens? Been happening on and off for the past 2 months, maybe 1/week.
Thanks

Slingbox needs to be "On" for my Airport Extreme to put out Wi-Fi?

I have a SlngBox (device used to transmit your incoming TV signal to the interenet for remote viewing). The problem I am having is that after plugging the SlingBox into my Airport Extreme via ethernet, my airport extreme no longer transmits interenet through Wi-Fi UNLESS I have my slingbox "On"... Here's the setup: Cable Modem <ethernet> Airport Extreme <ethernet> SlingBox.
My Mac and iPhone seem to be connected to the Airport Extreme via Wi-Fi, but there is NO internet signal UNLESS my SlingBox is turned "On"....Does anyone have any idea why this might be happening and how I might be able to fix it? Thanks!

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