My airport keeps dropping its connection to comcast

Have purchased a new airport extreme.  It has a green light for about 30 seconds and then switches to blinking orange then back to green.  Had a regular airport that worked fine.  No peripherals can connect.

I have the same problem with my apple tv and itunes. Home sharing is on but it keeps dropping out every couple of minutes - really annoying! I noticed tonight that it drops out when i select the shows and music in my library on the TV with the remote that comes with apple tv, but when i play tv shows or my music by selecting clicking play from itunes on my laptop it works. There's definitely a bug but try this work around and see if you have any luck.

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