ITunes won't stream without ethernet plugged in

I have a router (not wireless) connected to the Internet. and a G5 with an Airport Extreme card connected to the router (along with other Macs). I have an Airport Express with AirTunes. I can play music from ITunes through the Airport Express fine as long as I have Ethernet connected from it to the router, but not otherwise.
Can I configure this setup to play music from iTunes without being connected to the Internet through Ethernet and the router? (If so, how?)
Thanks,
Thad

I was able to play AirTunes with no ethernet connected (not doing anything special to get it to "work"), but it frequently skipped and stalled... to the point it wasn't really that useable.
Don't know if there is really a way around it.

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