AppleTV (2nd Gen) sound dropping from iTunes (as remote AirTunes speaker)

Setup:
- iTunes 10.0.1(22) on Mac mini (1st Gen Intel),Mac OS X 10.5.8, 1.000baseT
- FritzBox DSL & WLAN router
- AppleTV (2nd Gen)
Accessing any content (sound, video, pictures) thru AppleTV from Mac mini works fine. Everything play well, no hickups.
Playing music from iTunes on my Mac mini using the AppleTV like an AirPort Express with attached speakers drops and regains sound in unspecific intervals - like 5 secs silence, 20 secs sound, 10 secs silence, 5 secs sound etc.
What can I do ?

Karsten Krueger wrote:
Switching from WLAN to regular Ethernet solved the issue.
you might be suffering from _*wireless interference*_.
perhaps one of your neighbor's wireless networks is interfering with yours. download iStumbler (free) or AirRadar (it has a trial period) and note the channels other networks in your vicinity are broadcasting on. *change the channel(s) of your network as far away as possible from those*.
note there may be hidden (closed) networks around that these apps won't pick up. however, KisMac will be able to. be aware, though, that in some countries (e.g. Germany) the use of KisMac may not be legal !
JGG

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