IPhone Remote / Airfoil Speakers / Ethernet / Wireless

A query about the iTunes Remote:
Here is my setup
-Mac Pro connected via ethernet to a MacBook Pro
-The Mac Pro is sharing the MacBook Pros wireless connection via ethernet - as this gives the fastest access to files (I am on a heavily subscribed wireless network in a big shared house)
-If I try and share files via wireless, network traffic slow the speed of streaming I therefore use a hard wired connection.
I can see my library shared through ethernet, and also the other libraries in the house on both computers iTunes.
At the moment, to listen to audio from the Mac Pro, I use AirFoil and AirFoil Speakers to send the audio to the Mac Book Pro, which in turn is connected to my amp by a cable. The network trafic makes the Airport Express choppy znd unreliable.
To connect from my iPhone, I have to turn Airport on on the Mac Pro - but I can't see why!
If the Mac Pro is sharing it's library through the MacBook Pro then why can't the iPhone connect iPhone > Wireless > MacBook Pro > Ethernet > Mac Pro ?
Instead I need to enable Wireless giving iPhone > Wireless > MacPro
Whatever happens I need to output sound Mac Pro > Ethernet > MacBook Pro > Cable > Amp
Any ideas?
Jim.

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