My airport express keeps stopping

Hi,
I have an airport express to broadcast my dsl internet connexion in my flat and since a few days it keeps disconnecting each 20 minutes more or less, I have to disconnect it and reconnect to make it work again, it's not disconnecting from the dsl modem but from each computer connected to it. Its internal program is up to date. I don't know what is happening, could someone give me some advises about thing to do??
cheers!

it's the airport itself that is shutting down
"Shutting down" means that the Express powers off and the indicator light turns off. Is this what is happening?

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Depuis hier, et la publication de la brève, nous avons reçu de partout dans le monde de très nombreux témoignages qui rapportent tous la même histoire.
D'un instant à l'autre, et sans la moindre intervention extérieure, la borne Airport Express s'éteint pour ne plus jamais se rallumer.
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Il est visiblement impossible de la démonter proprement sans endommager plus ou moins la coque qui est très fortement collée/soudée.
Si Apple décide de procéder un jour à une extension de garantie avec échange, ce dernier sera très coûteux, et la récupération d'une partie de l'électronique problématique et probablement peu viable d'un point de vue économique.
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I got a Macbook air with the latest OSX version
A 500 Gb Time capsule with the latest firmware up to date
A Airport Express (with speed N available) also with the latest firmware up to date
The Airport express and the Time capsule are in the same wireless network.
Latest version of Itunes available
The Itunes library is stored on the Time capsule (128GB MCA drive is a bit small)
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- unplug airport, it reconnects, but only briefly and audio drops off again
- update itunes to newest version and all works well. I can stream for hours uninterrupted.
- Open Itunes a few months later and "Itunes Version X is available, do you want to update"
- I select "not now" (I want to listen to my music, not wait for an update!)
- Issue presents itself again, streaming audio drops off.
- So I install the freakin itunes update to the newest version
- Streaming music works again, no issues
- Open Itunes a few months later and "Itunes Version X is available, do you want to update"
- I select "not now" (I want to listen to my music, not wait for an update!)
- Issue presents itself again, streaming audio drops off.
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