IPhone/iPad interfering with Airport Express

Hello all
I've been using Airtunes on a AE successfully for a while on a Netgear wireless network. Using Remote is just a joy to behold. So recently invested in another device for the kitchen. This works fine until I get near it with something else that wants to use the network. For instance using Remote on either the iPhone or iPad will cause the AE to lose the connection. This doesn't happen to my other AE in the living room. Both are setup exactly the same i.e. joining the existing network, similar distances from my Netgear router. I've tried switching off the "Allow Ethernet Clients" but still get the same results. Any ideas?
I've tried searching on the forum, but can't find anything similar.
Thanks
Simon

For people who search this forum later, this is how I resolved it:
1. On my Netgear router I selected channel 11. The default was "Best Channel"
2. Rescanned my Mac to find the new network
3. Factory reset all of my AEs (I have 3 in my house) and set them up again
4. Bob is your father's brother. I don't know how the iPhone was interfering with the AEs, or whether it was a red herring on a noisy channel

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