No Wifi connection to Apple TV (2nd gen)

My Setup: Apple TV connected by ethernet to a Sonicwall TZ 210 wireless router; Dell XPS running Windows 7 Ultimate. The Apple TV is connected via HDMI to my Pioneer SC-37 which is connected to my Panasonic TV. My wireless network is running WPA-PSK - TKIP security protocol. I do not want to lower this security standard any lower.
When connected using my LAN from my PC to my Sonicwall Router everything works perfectly. When I use my laptop PC wirelessly I loose connectivity with Apple TV and my iTunes. I spent a few hours with tech support from Sonicwall trying to resolve this issue unsuccessfully.
Has anyone had a similar issue they were able to fix? I welcome suggestions.

I suspect that since you are using a security protocol that is not natively recognized by ATV that you may have a situation where your WiFi LAN can't talk to ATV via the router. ATV? Apple doesn't get more complex than WPA2 and WPA2 Enterprise. If a reset of the ATV, or connecting it wirelessly...which works flawlessly for me doesn't work you might try on other thing, try an AC ethernet dongle like I use for my regular TV....... (Belkin, Best Buy and others) for ethernet connection of the ATV directly to your router, or call Apple Support before your time runs out. You could consider an Apple Extreme router since it is natively compatible...... I use this because i can set it not to broadcast the network name which i feel is the ultimate security and will work in combination with other protocols. Hope this helps.

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