Ethernet sync problems

I have an ATV 160GB which has been working fine for 6 months. I recently had some issues with the ATV and iTunes so I restored the ATV and updated the software. I have over 100GB of media to sync so I figured I'd leave the mac on for a few days and let airport take care of it, but the mac keeps dropping the airport signal. (I don't have the best wireless signal in my house despite having 3 airport base stations around the house). So I figured I'd do the initial sync over ethernet. The problem is, is that my Mac is upstairs and the ATV is downstairs; I thought I'd be able to take the ATV upstairs, plug it into the mac and it would work. But no, iTunes won't recognise it at all. The ATV is already linked to my iTunes library but I set it up again just in case. When it's downstairs connected to the TV I can see the ATV in iTunes but as soon as I take the ATV upstairs it can't find it, either over ethernet or wireless. As far as I can see my options are:
Drag the Mac downstairs next to the TV (30" cinema display attached - not ideal)
Buy a 40 metre ethernet cable
Drag the TV upstairs next to my Mac (big TV, not ideal)
Or is there a trick I'm missing?
many thanks
Tim

Hi All
Thanks for the replies over the weekend. I've doubled checked a few things and still having problems. I bought a new ethernet crossover cable and connected my Macbook to the ATV which seemed to be okay - the ATV showed up in iTunes. I then disconnected the ATV, rebooted it and set up a new connection with my G5 over airport. This worked okay so I unplugged it, took it back upstairs and plugged it via ethernet into the G5. Nothing happened, network prefs showed a device with a self-assigned IP address and the ATV wouldn't show up in iTunes. I then disconnected the ethernet and tried to get it to show up in iTunes via airport. Again nothing happened...
It seems that once you disconnect the ATV from a TV (mine is via HDMI), it seems to forget any linked computers. I'm getting so frustrated with this, which is a shame because until a week ago it was one of my favourite toys!
If anyone could shed any light I'd be very grateful.
Thanks
Tim

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