Itunes 6 homesharing

I cannot get homesharing to work on ITUNES 10.6. My apple TV is 5.0 and works fine with my ipad remote. However, neither my Ipad nor my apple tv can see the itunes library via homesharing. I have tried everything i know. I have disabled my firewall (Norton 360 business suite) but to no avail. It was working fine with itunes 10.5. Any ideas?

More information. I went and got a new router since I was using a Berlin. I got a net gear and I am still having the same problem. It has to be iTunes because the apple tv and the iPad see each other but neither see my iTunes on my computer. Will someone please help

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Copy your ENTIRE iTunes FOLDER to an External Drive... and then from the External Drive to your New Computer..
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