Airport intermittently dropping music signal from itunes

when playing music through airport express from itunes i get intermittent issues where music drops in and out. any ideas?

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    My Airtunes intermittently drops the signal from iTunes and I can't figure out why. It happens is I am playing internet radio or from iTunes collection. Sometimes it will play for hours without issue, then it may drop the signal for a few seconds and pick it up again. Every once in awhile, it might do it every 5-10 minutes of so.
    Some quick facts:
    * Mac mini G4 with 512k of ram. Running Leopard 10.5.8 and it has Airport.
    * iTunes 9.01
    * The N version of AEX. I believe all the firmware is up to date. (I ran check for software updates and nothing came up).
    * Mini is located on the 2nd floor at the front of the house. AEX is located on the 1st floor at the back of the house. Distance is about 30 feet (guessing). Also, I live in an interior townhouse.
    * This problem started when I switch from Comcast to Verizon FIOS. The Comcast setup had cable coming into the basement where I had a wireless Linksys router. The Mini would pick up the signal from it wirelessly. Everything seemed to work fine with the AEX (same location on the 1st floor). I switched to FIOS and it goes through my ethernet port. I disconnected the Linksys router/Comcast.
    * Note, I don't think it is related to any of my appliances, etc. Not sure about the neighbors, but since I haven't has the problem before the switch to FIOS, I am thinking that would not be the case.
    Thanks in advance for the help!
    John Mc

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    kcrail wrote:
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