IPod Touch & Airport Express

I have a new iPod Touch 4th generation running iSO4.2 and I tried it playing over airtunes via my Airport Express the other day, great! But this morning my G5 and MacBook couldn't see the Airport Express in its usual place but my iPod Touch could find it, so it was still running. The Express has run well for the last 4 to 5 years and the only thing that had changed that I could think of was the connection with the iPod Touch to it in the last few days. I turn wireless off on the iPod Touch and low and behold after a little wait both the G5 and the MacBook saw the Airport Express again, so all I can conclude from this is that the iSO4 is disrupting the network.
My questions are, has anyone else experienced a similar problem? Also is there a way of all the devices working at the same time with the Express?

Similar problem but reversed, my macbook sees the speakers thru airport express but when I downloaded new itunes, itouch gen 4 stopped seeing the airport express and speakers.
Any viable solutions?

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