ITunes cuts out

Hi... I just had to replace my base station and 2 airport expresses (along with ethernet card, modem, etc.) due to a lightening strike. I got my airport base station up and running as well as one airport express.
When playing ITunes (I have it streamed to my stereo) the IBook stalls, and stops playing for seconds at a time. I have changed so many settings to get everything up and running... I maybe changed something that is causing this. I am not real proficient at my IBook, but I'm learning. The breaks in the music are driving me crazy! I've restarted, reprogrammed the base station as well as the express, but I believe the problem is in my IBook, with ITunes.
Also, one of my airport expresses is only blinking a yellow light... that's another subject.
Thank you in advance... Adelle

That's more of an iTunes question, so you should ask it here
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=149
If you are using an AirPort Express, it goes from computer running iTunes to your wireless router to your AirPort Express (unless you are using AirPort Express as the wireless router). Therefore, if there is a bottleneck along that path, the network speed may not be fast enough to keep the stream going.

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