One solution for AppleTV not appearing in iTunes Devices list

So, this may not be everyone's problem, but I noticed I was having trouble seeing my AppleTV in iTunes sources list when my iBook (the syncing computer) was on wireless, but not when i was plugged into the router via ethernet.
Perplexed by this, I kept investigating and discovered I couldn't even ping the AppleTV when on the iBook was on wireless, but if I plugged into the ethernet, again - it worked. (the AppleTV connects to my router wirelessly, though for the first big sync I had them both on ethernet.)
Anyhow, I don't know if this is happening in the router, or in the AppleTV, but the solution was ... to change my laptop's name in sharing preferences.
This also changes the bonjour name, and that somehow was confusing either the router or the AppleTV since I guess two LAN IP addresses had the same bonjour name.
I suppose it might also work to force the router to give the same IP address to me whether I'm connected to the router via ethernet or airport. I'm not sure. All I know is, I changed the computer name and now I can ping the appletv when the ibook is connected to the router wirelessly, and the AppleTV appears in the Devices list in iTunes when the iBook is connected via wireless so... I'm happy.

Yeah ,this only worked temporarily. I don't know what's going on with my router and my AppleTV but it's proving impossible to reliably sync to the AppleTV when both the AppleTV and my iBook (the syncing computer) are connected to my router wirelessly. Sometimes, fiddling with the router fixes it, sometimes rebooting the AppleTV fixes it, but invariably, the time comes when I can ping and see the AppleTV from my desktop (connected to the router via ethernet) and not from the iBook (connected wirelessly)

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http://www.apple.com/support/ipad/assistant/itunes/
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Just read an article I found searching Google http://www.trick77.com/2008/03/16/apple-tv-not-being-recognized-in-itunes/
It states that quitting mDNSresponder in Activity Monitor will force a refresh of the Bonjour scan. Finally, after 6 weeks, my AppleTV now appears in iTunes devices!
Go to Utilities> Activity Monitor> select 'All processes' (drop down-top right) >click on mDNSresponder. Wait about 10 seconds. Then exit Activity Monitor. Close iTunes.
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- whose iPhone is successfully connected to the PC (appears as a device in Windows Explorer);
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