Wireless, ethernet, Airport Express and iTunes

In December, I picked up a iSight iMac (G5).
I have the iMac "talking" to my Airport Extreme base station a few feet away. In the same room I have a wireless phone (pre 2.4GHZ phone wireless technology). About 40 feet away I have an Airport Express connected to my stereo.
When using iTunes to broadcast to the stereo wirelessly, I will have cut-outs due to signal loss. I have read the boards about using Interference Robustness, etc. I also have slow Safari page call-ups periodically when using the wireless connection.
I installed a 4 port Linksys router (hanging off the Airport Extreme base station) to hardwire the iMac via ethernet to eliminate signal loss to/from the AX base station for singal transmission.
However, with wireless turned off on the iMac, iTunes will not allow me to choose the remote speakers.
The iMac also seems to get confused when wireless is turned on AND ethernet is plugged in. If both are modes are enable d, which is used for i-net connectivity.
What's the best way to go here????
Thanks,
Rob

Issue solved.
iStumbler uncovered that the Airport Extreme base station was configured using a Closed Network. The Airport Express was configured using the same network but not "Closed Network".
Wireless iMac works fine with iTunes, and no music dropouts due to the changes above and the latest Airport Extreme firmware patch.
In December, I picked up a iSight iMac (G5).
I have the iMac "talking" to my Airport Extreme base
station a few feet away. In the same room I have a
wireless phone (pre 2.4GHZ phone wireless
technology). About 40 feet away I have an Airport
Express connected to my stereo.
When using iTunes to broadcast to the stereo
wirelessly, I will have cut-outs due to signal loss.
I have read the boards about using Interference
Robustness, etc. I also have slow Safari page
call-ups periodically when using the wireless
connection.
I installed a 4 port Linksys router (hanging off the
Airport Extreme base station) to hardwire the iMac
via ethernet to eliminate signal loss to/from the AX
base station for singal transmission.
However, with wireless turned off on the iMac, iTunes
will not allow me to choose the remote speakers.
The iMac also seems to get confused when wireless is
turned on AND ethernet is plugged in. If both are
modes are enable d, which is used for i-net
connectivity.
What's the best way to go here????
Thanks,
Rob

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