Cannot pair new Apple TV with iTunes

Okay I recently got the new Apple TV 160GB model and have it connected to Internet over Wifi. The computer whose iTunes Library I want to pair it with is a 2006 based Intel Mac Mini with Core Duo 1 processor and Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.11 with iTunes 8.2.1 presently installed.
The Apple TV had 2.3.1 installed when it arrived -- tried pairing with iTunes while running Apple TV 2.3.1 on the Apple TV didn't work. Updated to 2.4 still doesn't work. Unfortunately I've been unable to get the Mac Mini to connect to the Internet over my home wireless network and stay connected -- it has connected a few times but shortly loses the connection. Other times I try to connect while disconnected and get errors that it could not connect.
Regardless, the few times I did manage to connect over Wifi my Mac Mini would not recognize my Apple TV (has never been paired with iTunes so has not even been named) we use a Linksys wireless router for wireless Internet.
At times the wireless Internet connection in my bedroom where I keep the Apple TV and Mac Mini has been unreliable -- when using my iPod Touch I also own with Internet access any time I am using it in my bedroom the Wifi access quickly gets lost -- to reconnect have to venture out into the hallway then come back the room and get some Wifi use within the room for about 2 minutes before losing the connection again.
However, my Apple TV in my bedroom once connected has had no problem staying connected to the wireless network neither does the Nintendo Wii I own. Also my new MacBook Pro can connect to the Internet wirelessly within the bedroom and often stay connected -- although a few times even when using MacBook Pro the connection gets lost and I go outside the room and connection is restored.
Anyways even when I manage to get the Mac Mini on the wireless network iTunes is unable to recognize and pair my Apple TV. In the past I have gotten it to recognize my iPod Touch as a wireless remote and use Apple's Remote app and/or the Rowmote Pro app from Apple's iPhone App Store with it -- only recently they aren't showing up either due to connection problems of the Mac Mini accessing the wireless network.
Whenever the Mac Mini does connect to the wireless network it only stays connected a brief time and then is hard to get it to reconnect. Last time it connected I feel I got lucky and I'm not superstitious so I wouldn't believe in being lucky or unlucky.
Anyways, when the Mac Mini has connected wirelessly even then it does not recognize the Apple TV. This Apple TV has never been synced to before or streamed to. The only thing I've been able to use it for so far is accessing iTunes Store on the TV and accessing YouTube.
All my purchases are on the Mac Mini though and don't want to have to re-purchase them from Apple TV and download to it. In any case whether I bought some content from Apple TV or not (would not want to have to re-buy all of it) I should be able to get Apple TV to be recognized with iTunes.
At present the Mac Mini which I'm using to type and send this is connected over a wired Ethernet network and the Apple TV is connected over Wifi. I've tried going into the Firewall and ensuring the port for iTunes Music Sharing is enabled, and UDP port 5353 as noted by an Apple Support document online for Bonjour Networking is enabled. I've tried restarting the Mac Mini but Apple TV just won't show up in iTunes at all even when the Mac Mini was also on the wireless network.

Update: My Apple TV is connected via Wifi but Mini via Ethernet and Mini does not seem to recognize Apple TV unless Mini also has Wifi or unless I run Ethernet cord from Mini directly to Apple TV at which point they are physically connected to each other but neither has Internet.
I think there is a problem with my Mini's Airport card -- yesterday for the first time in over a month I managed to get it to connect wirelessly again and keep it connected for a few hours (during which time Apple TV showed up in the devices list on Mac Mini's iTunes Library) but after that it lost the connection and have been struggling ever since to get it reconnected. Have posted on the Mac Mini, Mac Mini (previous early 2009 models) Internet & Networking with Mac Mini discussion forum by Apple for help and now the Airport Extreme section of Apple Discussions.
Thanks for the help -- I now know this is not a problem with the Apple TV it is likely a hardware issue with Mini's Airport card and as it is out of warranty now would unfortunately have to pay to get it repaired.

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