Yosemite drops WiFi when I AirPlay to Apple TV

When I AirPlay from my Mac to my Apple TV I lose my WiFi connection. I understand this is because Yosemite now directly connects to Apple TV through WiFi, but is there a way to disable direct connect and just connect to Apple TV through my router like I used to? I like to watch streaming videos online and send them to my TV, but when my internet connection drops because my Mac decided to connect to Apple TV it becomes a tad difficult to stream videos.

I tried everything and this worked for me!
Thanks to whoever found this fix.
Copy and paste these instructions, because you'll be disconnected from the Internet and you'll need to reboot.
Go into your Network Preferences > Select Wi-Fi Service (in the list in the left column) > Click on the options (cog icon) > Select "Make Service Inactive" > Select Apply.
Select the same Wi-Fi Service > Delete It ( – ). Reboot.
Return to Network Preferences > Create a New Service ( + ).
Inside the prompt select Wi-Fi under Interface, name the Service Name something other than Wi-Fi. (I named mine Wi-Fi2. Apparently if you retain the previous Wi-Fi name the WiFi dropping will return on reboot.) > Click Create.
Click Apply.

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